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Hello Rick,

I am NO expert and it is hard to tell from the pictures but my guess is "manufacturing defect". Thank You for sharing your misfortune with us and reminding us all to check it out before we buy. What do you much more knowledgeable people think? I realize that better pictures are really needed, maybe Rick can post more/enlarged if asked. Mike

Hey Rick... I agree that this appears to me to be a manufacturing defect... and I am sorry about your misfortune on the purchase... your comment on what Orimar said about a replacement part is the very first time I have ever heard anything less than first class service from them for a gun that they have produced...

Since the early Stainless guns were very close to the original specs, wouldn't an original barrel extension (upper receiver) do as a replacement? If you could get it to function, you could have the upper plated with one of those finishes that looks like stainless and of course it would just be a shooter... but it is better than just a bunch of parts in a cigar box...

Whatyathink?

You Folks have hit the nail on the head.
GL did not put a hole in this location for the simple reason that it was already the weakest portion of the Yoke.
Instead he went to a bit of trouble to circumvent this problem.
There are no short cuts allowed at this point on the yoke.
Putting a pivot pin hole in this position just added another insult to the design.
( Elongation is visible in the shape of the pivot pin hole. )
Also I feel that some one who liked to fire "Hot Loads" over a period of time added to the problem.
I rebuke that person for passing a weakened and damaged weapon off on an unsuspecting purchaser.
I feel that he was unscrupulous in failing to take his lumps and passing a lighted Bomb off on the next guy just for a few bucks. Shame! Shame!
ViggoG

Rick, Probably your best solution to this problem, is to make a hybred shooter using your frame and a standard PO8 upper assy. TH

Kind of makes it worthwhile to find a stainless parts gun to make up a shooter with parts from another gun. Looks great!!! Let us know how well it shoots...

I agree. I've noticed there is a difference between the Mitchell Lugers and the ones that followed. I have an article where they mixed the parts from an early Mitchell and a DWM. They said there might be future for Mitchell to make replacement parts for older Lugers. They must have decided that wasn't a good idea and changed the design of some of the more important parts to keep it from happening. Lawsuit worry??? Just a thought...