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Mark, A handsome old warhorse! I like the Erfurts..they are interestingly marked.

I am not intirely sure about WW1 wood bottom mags being blued. I would have to agree with Bill because I am just not sure. They have always been something I did not particularly have a fondness for and I strongly suspect they were never produced for WW 1 Pistols.

The early mags were nickle coated..my theory is that nickle is very slick and could have a twofold purpose, one to protect and the other as a lubricant of sorts for ease of insertion into the pistol.

The later mags were simply bare sheet steel.

Blued sheet steel rolled mags are not the norm for your pistol anyway. I would say bare steel would be more appropriate.

Could be you could just remove the bluing?

Jerry Burney