The chip is a tiny bit of wood chipped away behind the safety lever, caused by carelessly lifting the lt. grip panel up during removal.
Lots of Lugers have it, and that alone does not a shooter make.
I'll take a leap here and let's assume that the gun is numbers matching except the magazine. If that is correct then I would call it a lower end collectable gun.
On the other hand I may be seeing a mismatched takedown lever, and the blued finish on certain parts may suggest other parts from other periods. That would probably make if a shooter.
It shows lots of wear, but it looks like honest wear and it has a story to go with each of its scars.
What is the asking price or sale price, and what are you wanting to do with it?
While it will probably shoot fine, that old of a gun MAY be more prone to breaking parts, which will kill it's value considerably IF it is matching now.
We need to know if it is matched or not, price, etc, and we'll go from there.
Welcome aboard.
dju
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