1917 Erfurt

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Back to Lugers!

I was at the Colorado Gun Collectors annual show, with another Forum member. Ya meet the nicest people here. We looked at Navy's, Simson's, Swiss, all kinds of stuff. And I learned a lot. But right at the last my new friend spotted this one. I was slightly vision impaired having caught a dog paw to the eye the day before.

A 1917 Erfurt all matching inc. mag. for less than $1500! I took it home. It was so filthy/cruddy, I stripped it down and took it outside with a can of carb cleaner. I think it came out pretty well.

But a few questions: I cleaned the grips with Murphy's oil soap, and then gave them a coat of linseed oil. The left came out fine. The right is blotchy. They are both numbered to the gun, but obviously came from different parts of the tree. The right is a little chewed up, and looks like it may have been used in a spring clip type holster. Another coat of oil, or redo with the paint remover?
Or leave it alone? I can see where late in the war, things did get a little sloppy. The checkering is not uniform.

I've examined the mag bottom under 10X. At first it looked re-stamped. Now I'm not sure, just chewed up. It is an Erfurt proofed mag, with a G suffix. comments?

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