1910 Browning barrel bushing

[halfmoonclip]

Have a 1910 Browning pocket model, just got it, and cleaned it.
Then I had a moonshot with the knurled bushing that holds the recoil spring in place; it's somewhere in my shop. I may still find it, but in the meantime a replacement would make me feel better.
FN/Browning played a little loose with the 1910 designation. The military and police models had a bushing that was an extension of the slide, while the pocket model has a shorter barrel bushing. The 1910-71 Target works the same way.
It is a knurled knob that fits over the barrel, and latches into the slide.
I tried Numrich without success.
Any ideas for a source?
Thanks,
Moon

 

[NMexJim]

In my shop hunts (and most anywhere now), I use a high-powered flashlight to restrict my focus to the area in the light. Fricking amazing what I've been able to find - springs, balls, all kinds of minute parts. Too, I try to picture that part in my noggin so that my pea brain pairs what I see with what I want.

I hate it when a part leaves orbit.

My google for your bushing would indicate that you are going to be doing some more searching - and searching, and searching .......... Good luck.

 

[BBBBill]

I wish you success in your search for the original and/or a replacement. If all else fails, a chunk of steel, a lathe, a mill, and a couple hours will get you a new one.

 

[Rudolph31]

I’m thinking that the FN1922 was similar.

 

[CapnMac]

From a different forum, if one that has searching for teeny parts under the workbench, a recent "thing" was to get a single-tube 4' fluorescent fixture, and put this on the floor at the back of the desk, facing out. When switched on, you get a flood of light across the floor which can cast a shadow to find missing things.
YMMV.
Getting a wand-style magnet on a stick can help find ferrous items lurking in the dust bunnies.

 

[halfmoonclip]

Guys, appreciate the condolences and (excellent) suggestions.
My shop isn't a huge mess, but it's not an operating room. I took it completely apart, and the furnace room too...the door was open. Nada. Vacuumed everything, using a wand with the opening taped too small to let the bushing fit. Nada.
Wonder and amazement, I seem to have ordered a replacement, for seventy freakin' dollars. Ouch.
Now to see if it fits.
Thanks again,
Moon
ETA-God willing, when it's put back together, I'll find the original two days later.
M