Hi John,
Thanks, you confirmed my thoughts.
Well, we struck a deal and this shooter is coming my way, including a nice haenel-schmeisser mag
Along with it are a 1970's mauser parabellum manual and shabby looking cardboard box that doesn't appear to have any link to the gun rather than it's size
I still feel that the previous owner struck a lousy deal when he bought it, so I'm trying to find out who sold it to him to add that seller to my 'bad dealer list'.
I comfort myself that I offered a very acceptable price for a gun being sold in this situation. (some 150 EUR in charity funds
I'll post pictures as soon as I have it, may take a while with all the paperwork here.