And the end result or meaning is....I don't have a clue. Like you I went digging through my fishing stuff and found a Mitchell 300 with the hyphen. Like Mitchell 3-0-0. Understand that the reel is an earlier version.

To Sandman.

Much appreciated. Jason.

"You don't see that often". Would that make these reels "rare"? Don't know if I want to keep or sell them as a pair. The box contains all the paper work as well. Interesting

To Sandman, Thank you so much for the information. The number "0" to me looks Like an '0', but than again it is a bit faded and could pass for a letter D. And like you said it fits more of a mid 70's reel design. You sound like a very knowledgeable person when it comes to Mitchell reels. M...

I have two Mitchell Garcia 308 with the same serial numbers. Under magnifications it looks like 0149205. Need help. Is this possible or normal?