I agree with Frank, it appears that the bottom of the magazine has been sanded down and a new number installed by engraving, not stamping...
The difference in the ejector process has to do with the difference in the hardness of the steel of the ejector at the time the bluing took place, and also the temperature of the bluing salts... It is pretty common to see them this color when bluing has been attempted.
Looks like you have a nice honest 1939 Mauser... part for that year would have been all blued, not strawed, which is a heat treatement by product that causes the color to be somewhat yellowed on bare steel. Welcome to the Lugerforum.
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