[mrerick]

Welcome to the forum, and congratulations on your first Luger.

The original bakelite grips were made by a company called Ritzmann and are rather valuable. There have been many reproductions made, so getting a look at the back of these would help us identify what you have. Remove them with great care. it's easy to damage them.

We publish a very comprehensive FAQ PDF document. Just follow the FAQ link at the top of every forum page and you'll find it. It's free and much more valuable than it's price.

With mismatched and hand marked parts, your Luger is considered a "shooter" and you should inspect, clean and prepare it. Use standard velocity 9mm Luger ammunition. 115gn or 124gn should shoot fine if the replacement parts were properly fitted.

The members here have a great deal of background on these pistols. Please take the time to read what we've already shared in the FAQ.

BTW, it's not wise to obsess about trying to return a mismatched pistol to something that appears to be matching. One side plate in 10,000 has the numbers that will match the rest of a pistol. Mauser plates generally have digits relating to the first numbers of the serial number inside the side plate. Besides, the reason parts are numbered is that they were hand fitted at the factory. This helped keep them together during their later service in the field. "Matching" means that the parts left the factory with the rest of the pistol.

There is an art to properly fitting Luger actions.