[Luke]

Ron,

The 1917 is my restored Navy Shooter.
It has been refinished at least twice. When I found the gun, it had already been severely buffed and salt blued. Most of the sharp edges had been rounded by the hard buffing, probably to remove the pitting so common to Navy Lugers.

That's the way I bought it, and I gave it to Ted Green to restore. He accepted the challenge and did a great job, but he did not add any metal.

I think that the earlier buffing could possibly have produced the thinner area you mention.

The theory that DWM might have had 2 suppliers of this part seems like a reasonable possibility.