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Onebigfishstory wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:27 pm Have a S/N between 1958 and 1959, 2570502 is it rare?

Onebigfishstory, Welcome to the Mitchell Reel Museum Forum. :text-welcomeconfetti:

I do not believe that is a rare serial number.
Kind Regards,
Bill

BigSprings, Welcome to the Mitchell Reel Museum Forum. :text-welcomeconfetti:

There are a number of factors that can make it difficult to date a reel. I suggest you take some clear photographs of both sides and post them here on the forum where we can most likely help.
Kind Regards,
Bill

I have a Mitchell 300. Made in Taiwan. Gold letters. Red trim. I need a bail assembly. Where can I find parts. Where is the serial number. Can't figure out how to post photo. Help? hunterchub, :text-welcomeconfetti: Welcome to the Mitchell Reel Museum forum! We have a post to help with posting imag...

Mates, I don't have an exact date but if you look closely there are some very good clues. It appears the worker is assembling the bail to the rotor and I believe these are the 5 piece bails she is assembling. The rotors have the information bands on them. That means these reels are gasket reels and ...

I have just purchased a Mitchell 606. Apparently this is a rare model. How do I tell what year it was made as it does not have a letter prefix before the serial number. According to the model list if the reel was made between 1964 to 74 there were 33272 made but if it was made between 84 & 85 o...

Jas17931, Welcome to the Mitchell Reel Forum :text-welcomeconfetti: Hi, Can someone please tell me what the difference is between the 508 and the 510? Thanks Both reels are what some folks called forked foot reels or Dual reels in Europe. -They both have a special (forked shaped) reel stem. These re...

Bigcat40

Welcome to the Mitchell Reel Museum!

There are many photos of a 1st version Mitchell in the HOME tab above under under STUDIES. Just click on the studies box and select First version study.

Kind Regards,
Bill

matthew,
Sounds like a very special reel and we would love to see it.

Kind Regards,
Bill

Kim,
Does your handle have the torpedo handle?
Kind Regards,
Bill

Mates, Notice anything unusual about this handle? Special Handle 816-p5.jpg Special Handle 816 Box-p1.jpg Special Handle 816-p3.jpg Special Handle 816-p4.jpg You may have heard that at first the screw-on counter weight did not have the notch in the end but have you ever seen one? If not here is what...

Hey Wallace,
Thanks for checking, everything seems to alright now.
Kind Regards,
Bill

Mates,
I just noticed the website time is not correct. I posted this announcement at 3:08 pm EST and the website says 4:09pm.

Kind Regards,
Bill

Mates, Here is a photo of the 300A assembly line in France. Note the power screwdrivers the worker is using. Many modern assembly line plants still use these. There is a spring loaded cable which the screw driver attaches to and makes the weight of the hand held part almost negligible. Modern versio...

matthew,
How about posting a couple of photos of your reel?
Kind Regards,
Bill

I would just like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Kind Regards,
Bill

I attached a photo of the anti reverse dog in my parts dish. There was also a couple of fine metal slithers, almost like coarse steel wool in the case. Not sure what that is all about except, it is obvious the case was opened before hence the missing gear and shims. I'll check out the auction and g...

Oldfisher, Good job so far but keep going. Ultrasonic cleaners that will remove grease are great. Shims and washers can have a very similar appearance. For the Mitchell 300 think of shims as spacers and washers as washers, LOL. In the case of the Mitchell 300 they are all shims but for one exception...

Oldfisher, Welcome to the Mitchell Reel Museum (MRM). :text-welcomeconfetti: I agree with Bonanza, your reel appears to be a 3rd version Mitchell. Later on, Mitchell gave this reel a model number of 300, but your reel is an early model. Wipe away some of the grease from the pinion gear and post a ph...

Toadman 1,
I believe this may be what you are searching for. This was posted by Wallace Carney here at the MRM on July 2, 2021.

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Kind Regards,
Bill

Toadman1, Welcome to the Mitchell Reel Museum Forum. :text-welcomeconfetti: Hello, welcome. The 1955 Mitchell 300 model reels fall right when a new version was coming out. This means you might need either of two different manuals, depending on when your reel was made. It would help if you could post...

somarkram,
Hope this helps.
Kind Regards,
Bill

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Wallace,
Thank you for those kind words and the vast majority of what I have learned is thanks to you.
Kind Regards,
Bill

Hello Rob, Welcome to the Mitchell Reel Museum (MRM) :text-welcomeconfetti: Hi, can anyone shed light on serial number S-5-12 as found on a black Mitchell Match 440A? I've not encountered a mitchell serial number in this configuration before. Thanks Hi Rob, In a nutshell: you probably know that Mitc...

When did the first full bail 300 happen? I have a full bail 300 with serial number B40054. However, I've seen HALF bail 300's online with B prefix serial numbers much higher than that. Can anyone explain this so an 8 year old can understand? Thanks! Scott Scott, Many collectors believe the first fu...

Sandman,
Thank you so much for posting the great shots of your 308 Pro. Nice to see the whole outfit and one I don't think I have seen before. Also, thanks for posting the 300 Pro schematic as it is one I have never been able to find.
Kind Regards,
Bill

Sandman, Great photos and a lovely post. Could you possibly post an image of a 308 Pro schematic say around 1988 version? I have so many unanswered questions about this version and a schematic would be really helpful as I don't have any. Ted, Went to the website you linked to in your post and was th...

Mates, While I was editing my last post I ran out of time and the changes were not saved. Here is what I meant to write in my last paragraph: :text-imsorry: :text-lol: When identifying the 4th version reels there were some changes that occurred at first and then some later and the transfer gear is o...

SnowBelt, Welcome to the Mitchell Reel Museum (MRM) :text-welcomeconfetti: I just got this 4th verson reel and there are two interesting things about it. The first I noticed is it's serial number, 235892, on a 3rd verson housing. Unless there's been a later sn found since the publication of the book...

And just as a side detail on the bail wires that came with these parts, I noticed that the version2 / Mk2 bail wire is thinner than the late 3rd bail wire (I feel confident in designating their Mark or version, because the thinner bail was on a rotor with the indent for RH wind, and the thicker bai...

Rockape, Regarding the slide (#27) or oscillation slide (#81030) as it was later called, evolved over time as did most Mitchell 300 parts. It's very difficult to speculate exactly which material(s) any given part was made of due to the fact that materials changed as I mentioned above, and manufactur...

Rockape,
Are you talking about the slide or the slide guide?

https://mitchellreelmuseum.com/forum/vi ... ddc47#p592

Kind Regards,
Bill

554Owyhee, Welcome to the Mitchell Reel Museum (MRM). :text-welcomeconfetti: The raised oval was first pointed out to me in Wallace's book: The Mitchell Classic Spinning Reel These are sporadically found on Mitchell 300 models predominately for the 7th version reels. As far as I know, no one knows w...

Rockape, Not to worry mate. This has happened to most of us over the years. I am showing several old posts from the past I saved from the old MRM forum. You might want to save them as well but don't ask me how to do it. :lol: I agree with most all of the old posts, especially using a clothes pin (I ...

Simone,
My earliest is A04173. The majority of my 3rd version reels do not have a serial number.
Kind Regards,
Bill

Dfitz56,
Believe it or not you can find them on the big auction site. I purchased several there from different sellers.
Kind Regards,
Bill

:text-imsorry: But… that’s what this discussion was about,the changes in the 300 to 300a to 300 Taiwan and so forth and so on -we were almost at the end of the journey ,the final level ,the last door ! Does it not seem a bit wrong to stop this discussion now?let’s put it in context….Indiana Jones i...

Mates, If someone were to ask me what are the differences between the original 300 and the 300A, I would have to ask, which versions, as the 300A like the original 300 evolved over time. In my opinion, the most noticeable features for the newer 300A were; the new M8 gears, the addition of a roller l...

Gunther, Welcome to the Mitchell Reel Museum :text-welcomeconfetti: The Dual Mitchell 500 was not sold in the US as far as I know. Most dual 500 reels are owned by collectors in the US. Personally, I have only seen photographs and read about them as they cost in the hundreds of dollars to buy. The b...

Mates, I ran across this in the 1967 Garcia Fishing Annual. It's a message to Mitchell Reel Fishermen on the 20th Anniversary of the Mitchell 300 and I thought might be interesting to some of us. I was interested to learn that the French Navy had a role in the selection of the 300 paint! Kind Regard...

....Does anyone here know if there have been any original factory models that have been fitted with parts from other models? Everything else ties in with the time, so I wondered if it was a mistake at the factory; can't think why someone would need to change the spindle? I suppose if it were droppe...

timben,
How about posting a few photos of the reel so we can have a look see?
We'll help you get it sorted out.

Kind Regards,
Bill

Tim, Yes it's a 1954. That version is a good one to use for fishing. If I were you, I would either buy a new spool or replace the drag spring on the one shown as it's looking kind of rough for fishing. Also, need to take some 0000 steel wool or a brass brush to the axle, the slide guide and slide, a...

Tim, Welcome to the Mitchell Reel Museum (MRM) Forum. :text-welcomeconfetti: Kim is right, your reel is a 4th version and is the later series. We know this by several features your reel has such as the enlarged axle tunnel near the lube port, the raised screw holes from the oscillation slide guide o...

timben, Welcome to the Mitchell Reel Museum Forum (MRM) :text-welcomeconfetti: You don't mention which model reel you have and that might help us to answer your question. As far as I know personally, we don't have a method to date reels that are "salt water" types but I may be wrong as I h...

Mates, I hope you enjoyed the Garcia Fishing Annual ads regarding cartridge spools in my last post. I wanted to mention that you need to be careful about the content of some Garcia advertisements and I forgot to mention this in my last post. Over the years there have been errors found on Garcia ad r...

Mates, Wanted to share these images. This Advertisement from the 1969 Garcia Catalog 1969 GM Cartridges-1969 Catlg scan.jpg This ad from the 1969 Garcia Fishing Annual . Note that Garcia did not recognize this as a Mitchell product. Bonnyl Line(blue) Garcia Bonnyl Cartridge ad-1969 Garcia Annunal - ...

My Brother bought a Mitchell CAP 304S and he wants to know what does the S stand for. The CAP 304S was produced from 70-73 and all other reels with the S on them were produced from 1979 to 1987 according to this website. We compared his 304S to one of my CAP reels and other than the S there is no d...

Thanks everyone! I assume it is refillable and reusable. Hoisk, It seems to me what Mitchell and or Garcia were trying to do, was sell more of their brand(s) of fishing line. They may have also been trying to make changing line more convenient for the fisherman with a plug-and-play type set-up. The...

Hoisk, :text-welcomeconfetti: Welcome to the Mitchell Reel Museum! (MRM). What you have is what is known as a "Cartridge Spool". These were spools that were originally included in-the-box with a new Mitchell 300 reel as sort of a promotional item in European countries. Some say the first c...

Shootrj2003,
How about a photo or two of a finished Mitchell with the product? Would love to see what it looks like on a reel.
Kind Regards,
Bill

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