Turns out frame is actually steel, but weird brushed-nickel finish led my scout/agent/"bird-dog" to conclude incorrectly that it was some kind of alloy. Kudos to EricW; markings I described near the front/barrel on right side of chamber are indeed W154 and S92, followed by a stylized tiny eagle. I very much suspect the serial number (394277, on left side of chamber, and on front of frame, above triggerguard) is fake, since parts of toggle, sear safety, etc. are all marked 69, which must have been last two digits of original serial number. (By the way, there appears to be a sort of stylized script letter "a" just below serial number on front of frame.) Here's my question to you Luger gurus... if I take this pistol apart, is there anywhere else on/in the pistol where entire original serial number could be found (since 394277 on chamber and frame is apparently wrong)?
(I suppose one alternative is that perhaps it was made up from two pistols, one that had a frame and chamber numbered 394277, with toggle and many/most internal parts from a second pistol that had a serial number ending in 69. ...But if that were the case, what would explain the "G" on top of the chamber -- which could never have been on a pistol with a six-digit serial number?)
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