Mitchell Arms High Standard Magazine question

nutsforsmiths · Jun 25, 2019

Is there much of an interest in the Mitchell Arms High Standards these days? I currently am sitting on 6 original, unused 22LR factory magazines for these pistols. Three or stainless and three are blued. All have the red plastic base that says Mitchell Arms on the bottom.

I want to sell them, but don't know if there would be much interest.

Any thoughts on the matter would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

27 Man · Jun 25, 2019

Will the Mitchell magazines fit the older Hamden guns?

nutsforsmiths · Jun 26, 2019

No. They will fit in the High Standard Military style models, but not in the older slant grip style pistols.

H Richard · Jun 26, 2019

I only have one comment about the Mitchell guns. From several sources; The accuracy is outstanding, but they will not feed consistently. Whether this was a magazine problem or a gun problem I never knew. I understand there is another High Standard mfg, I believe in Texas, and have heard their magazines work fine with older Trophy's, Citations, and Victors.

jrm53 · Jun 26, 2019

I have a 5" Mitchell (Hi Standard) bull barrel that came with the red bottom magazine, mine had two roll pins holding it to the mag base. The base cracked through the pin holes I made a new one out of aluminum it works fine. As for the Mitchell not feeding I got two new mags I cant remember the manufacture but both feed properly with no jams or mis-feeds. NOTE the two new mags were made by tripleK Jeff

BB57 · Jun 26, 2019

The Mitchell Arms magazines usually need the feed lips adjusted to get proper feeding. The pistol design doesn't use a feed ramp, so the magazine lips have to precisely align the bullet with the chamber.

The later Texas High Standard magazines also had quality issues, at least initially. The early versions with plastic bases usually need adjustment, while the later magazines with metal bases usually feed just fine with no adjustment. Similarly, the Houston marked pistols had some issues with the magazine well, with the magazine locking in place about .060" too low, and at a slightly wrong angle in the slightly too large magazine well.

Triple K also makes a 107 magazine but the lips are soft and they have a reputation for not staying in tune very long.

Interarms sells 107 magazines that work great, but they run around $55 a piece.

---

That said and with the market price for good magazines in mind, I have two 107 (military model) Victors and I'd be interested in your magazines if the price is right to balance the tweaking they'd need to get them to feed properly.

nutsforsmiths · Jun 27, 2019

Well, as far as the magazines I have and if there is still interest in the Mitchell HS, the answer is yes! I sold them all just from this post, which I was certainly not expecting to do.

Dvus · Jun 27, 2019

Having owned several of both the Mitchells and the High Standards, I have to say that the Mitchells are the equal when it comes to accuracy. Not so much when it comes to reliability and most of that falls on the magazines. The Mitchell mags are thinner and bend easier, and tolerances don't do the rest of the gun justice.

Mitchell Arms High Standard Magazine question

nutsforsmiths

Member

27 Man

SWCA Member

nutsforsmiths

Member

H Richard

US Veteran

jrm53

Member

BB57

Member

nutsforsmiths

Member

Dvus

Member

Similar threads

Latest posts