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Two of the distinguishing marks of early Hi-Powers are the internal extractor and the divot milled into the right side of the slide. The extractor was changed to the current external type in the late 50s and the divot was dropped. For 10 points, what was the purpose of the divot milled into the slide? (No fair using Google to cheat.)

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A wild guess is to aid in removing the slide stop pin 'what ever the proper nomenclature is for the part' ?? Is it my imagination or is the frame beefier?

Don't think the frame is any beefier. And you're right about the purpose of the divot. Note the position of the slide stop button relative to the divot when the slide is locked for disassembly:

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