Somebody went crazy with the buffing wheel. It appears to have been heavily pitted so whoever owned it tried to make it pretty. Not everyone is a collector, so there has always been, and continues to be, a desire on the part of the uninitated to "improve" the appearance of their guns. Not necessarily a condemnation since they probably had no knowledge of the significance of the piece or guidance about preserving its history. To add to this Luger's woes, the stock is a reproduction.
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If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction
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