Hi,
My other hobby consists of keeping cars of a certain german make up and running. 'witness marks' are plentiful on most parts where exact realignment is needed when they are reassembled. And these marks are there for the benefit of whoever is working on it. I've also seen slight misalignments on parts that were removed/reattached/etc.. several times. Seems to be a logical chain of events and I can imagine that the same goes for the luger as well. As far as wartime repairs go: I remember from my service days that small repairs were done without arsenal intervention.
In certain war situations during WW1 and II both sides used whatever they could get their hands on and it's not uncommon to have allied troops repairing and using german handguns, using whatever parts they can find (field/trench/captives, etc...).
Heck, even our Dutch UN guys used captured AK47's in certain countries because they were more reliable than their own guns....
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