Erfurt Magazine Mystery

[BadWolf]

Thank you Ithaca Artist - a reworked mag SN does seem the most probable.

But as you suggested, I looked at the font of the SN stamp on the mag in question, and though I have no other period mags to compare it to, I DO have the gun. And here it is...

The font on the mag IS a close match to the SN font on the gun itself. And then we have the two inspection marks on the mag bottom, AND it even appears that the script "f" as the alphabet part of the SN was put on there as well (unless that's a dent). Is it a dent? Anyway, seems like the extra markings beyond the SN itself are a lot of effort to go through to fake up a mag.

So I had a thought. It appears the gun has rework/repair marks on it - could the mag have been reworked at the factory?

And one final general comment - I noticed there are inspection marks on the GRIP SCREWS! I love it! As a person of German/Swedish descent myself, this kind of anal retentiveness really resonates with me.