Quote Originally Posted by Sav22 View Post
Yes, your cartridge guide is intact and your ejector is also correct - I had to copy you picture and zoom in to see that because it is so dark. The pumps had a 'hook' on the slide arm that helped hold the bolt in place when the gun was taken down, not so with the 1912's, so the bolts could fall out easier on these, or someone took it out to make the gun safe and then they got separated. I have acquired two that were missing the bolts and have heard of a couple more.

One of the changes made to the bolts was done by putting a round pin in the receiver below the chamber and then milling a round relief in the bottom front of the bolt to slide under this - I do not know if this was to secure the bolt better when taken down or for some other reason. This was not done in early guns and was dropped again in very late guns. I have a late gun with out that feature that has the last three digits of the serial number on the bolt, that may have been done during the change over to keep parts from getting mixed. A bolt with the relief will work in a gun with out the pin, but a bolt without a pin relief will not close in a gun with the pin. Your gun does not have that pin.
Really appreciate all the info, it's hard to piece all this stuff together without people with working knowledge. Maybe one day I'll be able to get someone to do a 3D scan of a bolt and be able to print one out on a 3D printer. So far my hunt isn't looking too promising after all these years. I've almost broke down and bought an entire gun just so I could shoot one. I always hope on gunbroker I might find a parts gun with a good bolt but usually when the gun is for parts the bolt is missing or it's in worse shape than the gun. Then I always think if I'm buying a working gun there's no logic to removing the bolt to make mine work when usually those guns are in better shape than mine. I'm pretty disappointed because from what I gather from my brother this gun was on my dad's side of the family, which means it's been in the family for at least 52+ years, maybe since it was new, and my dad didn't hunt or fish or anything, so I'm guessing he had it since he was a kid.