Brent, Policeluger and Lugerdoc are dead on... I joined this thread late because I am on travel, but I concur that it sounds like you may have a bent or dented frame. This could occur by dropping a Luger without a magazine on a durable but "soft" surface like linoleum from shoulder height or higher... who knows but it could put a slight twist in the grip that would not be perceptable to the naked eye...
find a mag that slips easily into a known "good" Luger and see how it fits your Erfurt... Personally I would only buy one or two Mec-gar mags as they are known quality, slightly undersize, but they are aftermarket afterall... I just don't care for them, but I do own two...
The best mags to shoot are aluminum based FXO type... and the cheapest of these in good condition are the 2/1001 marked East German mags. Tom Heller has some of these.
If you can find one that is SLIGHTLY dented for a cheap price, you can coat it with the finest lapping compound and work the inside of your Erfurt mag channel until it is perfect. Short of a used mag for this purpose, the best you could do would be to contact Gerry Tomek in Phoenix and have him create for you a machined steel tool for lapping... once you have the tool you could offer the service to others with a tight magwell. Do not lap the magazine catch... it might make it unreliable, but do make sure there are no burrs on it...
Speaking only for myself here... this is what I would do to correct your problem.
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