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Unread 08-22-2015, 12:02 PM   #11
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An ideal one has bolt accelerator, this design feature is very rare on pistols. Harder to find. I saw a collector getting one last year. If I remembered right, the feature is visible from exterior, it has a bulge on top of the gun (or side?, I cannot remember).
No, no bulges. (Early examples had a cartridge indicator on top of chamber but no accelerator bulge). The frame covers the accelerator & pin when assembled.

The accelerator can be seen through the ejection port when the bolt is locked back.

Good web site here -

http://www.gotavapen.se/gota/m40/pist40_1.htm
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