Erfurt 1914

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by foxdoublegunner

...The two magazines which would come with this are both the wooden base variety in good serviceable shape...

Welcome to the forum Ricardo.

One aspect of old wood-bottom mags is their potential frailty due to age. The can, and do, break during use--the wood bottom cracks enough to release it from the mag body, and its remnants, along with the mag spring, go flying.

Common practice is to reserve the originals for display, and shoot with new MecGar mags. The latter are available sporadically, so score a couple at normal retail when you see they are available at the usual suppliers!

Restoration of a Luger is a nice thing, I'd say. But you'll be happier if you do not pay full retail for a gun that "needs" this kind of work. I doubt the seller will be willing to drop far enough to make the deal, but it's worth a try. In the end, the decision is all yours, so if you, yourself, are happy and satisfied with whatever deal you can hammer out, then all is good.

The other guys are correct about the relative irrelevance of a 1,2, or 3-digit serial number.