Luger originality question

[Edward Tinker]

Originally Posted by alanint

The practice of trying to restore a minor mismatched part is generally accepted, as long as you make this known to a prospective buyer and the part is correct for the manufacturer and year.

hmmmm, I would not say that it is 'generally accepted", but I think what Doug meant was this;

Strawing
Fixing grips
adding a period part by finding one or a armorers replacement part

Sure, those are generally accepted, but not to renumber a part