Sometimes you stumble on a good deal

[ReadyNorthwest]

Sometimes things line up and the fortune cookie is right but just scored a police trade in M&P 40 with NS and 2 mags and all grips from SOSS for $259 with free shipping. The spent casing says 2014 but is there a way I can find via the S/N where the pistol went/which department it went to?

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[dcfranzen]

Sometimes things line up and the fortune cookie is right but just scored a police trade in M&P 40 with NS and 2 mags and all grips from SOSS for $259 with free shipping. The spent casing says 2014 but is there a way I can find via the S/N where the pistol went/which department it went to?

I'd go to the Smith and Wesson Forum, join, and ask on the M&P board using all but the last two numbers in the SN. You might get lucky. A call to S&W may also get you closer to your goal. Often, police departments purchase through a distributor and that is the end of the paper trail.