This was an ex service piece I picked up, don't know the date.
I am doing/did a complete tear down, clean/polish and CGW upgrade of some critical parts.
I did not have any issues re-assembling the sear cage and installing it. I had a decent slave pin.
I do use a dremel for a lot of "smithing" ,, mostly with buffing wheels and compound. The dremel is a tool, it is only as good as the person using (or mis using it).
I was curious for the reason that CZ added the spring leg retention slots in the cage, at some point in production.