Colt stopped supplying the barrel bushing, recoil spring guide, and recoil spring plug in post-war .22-.45 conversions.
Really early ones had the kit contents, printed on the lid of the box, edited with a pen, crossing-out the parts that were no longer part of the kit. Later kits had new labels reflecting the change.
Some report reliable function with a standard .45 slide stop, #3s are easier to get than #2s and might also work.
The EGW part is of very high quality, and if the pin is a full .200" in diameter, you might get a little better accuracy than with an original Colt part.
I've bought both extractors and ejectors on ebay, and they show up on gunbroker, too.
Colt also briefly made a kit, consisting of only a barrel and magazine, to convert .38 Supers to 9x23 WIN. I think CDNN had them for about $50, at one time.
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