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unspellable · 11-16-2006, 03:01 PM

During the Mitchell era I had a conversation with someone at Mitchell. According to him the stainless Luger dimensions were copied from a 1942 Mauser. This implies that at least for the Mitchell era guns with the standard magazine there may be the same problem with cartridge OAL that the vintage Lugers have.

I have not done much shooting with my Mitchell but to date have not had a malfunction of any kind.

I have seen a number of Mitchells with a misfit between the receiver under lug and the take down lever such that the cannon does not return quite all the way forward. This might have an effect on reliability but would be an easy fix since it would involve removing a little metal from the front face of the under lug.

11-16-2006, 03:01 PM	#10
unspellable User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 769 Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 12 Posts	During the Mitchell era I had a conversation with someone at Mitchell. According to him the stainless Luger dimensions were copied from a 1942 Mauser. This implies that at least for the Mitchell era guns with the standard magazine there may be the same problem with cartridge OAL that the vintage Lugers have. I have not done much shooting with my Mitchell but to date have not had a malfunction of any kind. I have seen a number of Mitchells with a misfit between the receiver under lug and the take down lever such that the cannon does not return quite all the way forward. This might have an effect on reliability but would be an easy fix since it would involve removing a little metal from the front face of the under lug.