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Found another pretty nice old Mitchell spinning reel
Smitty500mag
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I found a pretty nice Mitchell 300 C for my Mitchell collection the other day. Since there was only 271,270 of the C's made compared to over 13 million of the regular 300's, it's harder to find a C that's in really good shape.
The difference between the 300 and the 300 C is the 300 C has bearings for the main drive and rotating head and the 300 has bushings. The bearing are smoother reeling but the bushings can go a lot longer without cleaning and cleaning and oiling is something most people never did very often, if at all, to their old reels.
The difference between the 300 and the 300 C is the 300 C has bearings for the main drive and rotating head and the 300 has bushings. The bearing are smoother reeling but the bushings can go a lot longer without cleaning and cleaning and oiling is something most people never did very often, if at all, to their old reels.
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I have seen the 300 "c" in the past , I never knew what the difference was ( I guess I could have googled it " but back then the internet was was not so much
and congrats on the find
They should have labeled it as the 300 B? B for bearings? Not sure where the "C" came from?
The prices on Mitchell 300's had gone down a little by '67 but they were still pretty pricey for a high schooler.
They were around $30 bucks in 1950 and $30 in 1950 is equivalent to about $319.62 in 2019 according to the inflation calculator.
http://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1950?amount=30
after receiving the reel I could only admire and show it off for a while
I still have it and a few more I have picked up over the years thanks to Smitty I have some tips on restoration
Some of the ones that they didn't make many of and the ones that are still like new in the box sell for a few bucks but there was so many of them made that they are still not scarce. By 1971 they had already made 20 million reels so you can still find them every where.
I think a lot of people that collect them it's because it brings back memories of their younger days when they fished with their dad's and granddad's plus something that's quality made like these old reels they're always going to be popular and worth keeping.
The 20th million reel in 1971.
These days I try to limit my buying to the ones that are a little more rare or with the original paperwork and box but when I run across one this cheap in good shape I'll go ahead and buy it anyway.
It's a wonder it got here in one piece. The seller mailed it in a zip lock bag placed in a mailing envelope. :shock: