Well Bill after looking at the end plate (washer) with a loupe there does seem to be a raged edge in the inter circle. So I can assume it did break off from the rest of the pin.
I have tried a toggle pin from a regular Luger and it does interchange length wise and the lip seems to be a little bit stronger - That might be the way to go. Going with a replacement I/M pin would seem to be asking for the same problem as I now have. You stated others have had this problem so it must be factory fault never corrected.
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