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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: tony04 on September 16, 2010, 09:37:48 PM

Title: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: tony04 on September 16, 2010, 09:37:48 PM: anyone here have one or ever shot one? im thinking about getting one sometime in the future and im curious on what your thoughts are about them. i had a Walther p22 but got rid of it. i'm kind of regreting it now... it was a fun little pistol and i shot several grouse with it. i also conceal carried it alot too. anyway, just curious on your thoughts on these pistols.
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: gottatree on September 16, 2010, 09:40:27 PM: I bought the P22 and a friend of mine bought the Sig. The Sig felt cheap in my hands compared to The P22. He sold the Sig and bought the P22. :twocents:
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: actionshooter on September 16, 2010, 09:40:51 PM: I have one and its a toss up on the Misquito or the Walther (I have one of those also) The Sig seems more accurate, but only runs the highest velocity ammo and the trigger is HORRIBLE. :twocents:
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: the1rod on September 16, 2010, 09:45:48 PM: a friend of mine has one that i have shot, it shot nice with good ammo but jammed with cheap ammo. one of the reasons that he had bought the sig was for the hammer release which was nice to have for a rim-fire.
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: BigD on September 16, 2010, 09:49:45 PM: Does the mosquito come factory with a threaded barrel for .......whatever you want to hang off the end of it? Thought I looked at one of those few years back.
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: gottatree on September 16, 2010, 09:58:17 PM: I agree the hammer release is something i wish i had on the P22. Both of these guns were very picky about ammo. I don't remember if his came with a threaded barrel for sure but i think it did. They are both hi end 22 pistols, I just like my P22 better. Maybe with a trigger kit I would of liked The sig equally . when shooting them both side by side Walther.
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: actionshooter on September 16, 2010, 10:10:50 PM: Quote from: BigD on September 16, 2010, 09:49:45 PM
Does the mosquito come factory with a threaded barrel for .......whatever you want to hang off the end of it? Thought I looked at one of those few years back.
You can get them both ways
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: ICEMAN on September 17, 2010, 05:24:08 AM: I want this one...
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: Gutpile on September 17, 2010, 05:31:11 AM: Do some research on the Mosquito. Frankly, I've never heard anything good about them. I almost bought one on a whim but didn't. It was a good thing because I started reading on them and I didn't like what I found. It's a shame because Sig is such a solid company.
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: Atroxus on September 17, 2010, 06:51:55 AM: I had one....I sold it though because it is very picky about what ammo it likes. Use wrong ammo and count on lots of jams/misfeeds....worked fine with CCI minimags when I could find them though.
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: Hornseeker on September 17, 2010, 07:08:55 AM: that P22 is a Great little gun. Buddies has a can and what a hoot it is to shoot....no ear protection.... ;)
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: let.it.fly on September 17, 2010, 07:24:56 AM: i had the desert digi camo sig. i liked it, felt good in hand but like everyone said, dont buy cheap ammo. try to find hot loads, and it will shoot great, your looking for a plinkin gun check these out, my buddy has one. with sub sonics its wisper quite. his has the original sd shroud, like i said lol wisper quite. bens loans in renton has these at prices competitive to online sales. they also have some other rediculas guns. anyone for a bmg .50 for under 2k.

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Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: Swag on September 17, 2010, 02:37:26 PM: I have one, but when it comes to the accuracy in comparison to the feeding problems they really are not worth it :dunno: I will stick with the Ruger MKII. Not nearly as picky with ammo & super accurate.....
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: Ash on September 17, 2010, 03:45:01 PM: I have a mosquito, I don't recommend it. I love SIG Pistols and thought it would be a nice addition. I'd recommend a Browning Buckmark or a Ruger MIII or 22/45, even a Beretta Neo or S&W 21. The Mosquito and some of the P22s can be finicky about ammo. You can make both the Walther and the SIG work but why waste time making a new gun work. You can get a number of more accurate and less problematic semi-auto .22s for less or about the same amount of money. My :twocents:
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: FC on September 17, 2010, 04:16:47 PM: Quote from: Ash on September 17, 2010, 03:45:01 PM
You can make both the Walther and the SIG work but why waste time making a new gun work.

I have a Mk III 22/45 and it was the most miserable POS to get functioning correctly that I have ever seen. It probably has about 5,000 through it now and the last 2,000 have been pretty trouble free but I had to spend about 4 hours on it to get it fairly reliable and about another 4 to get it flawlessly so, ad in another 2 hours to make a hammer shim and do a trigger job on it and it's perfect.

I had to remove the lci (loaded chamber indicator) as it would cause a failure to extract, no big deal just have an open slot in the side of the receiver. I also removed the magazine safety, that fixed the failure to feed issue it had that was caused by pressure on the magazine (holding it forward and tilted slightly down), removing that also cured the magazines getting stuck in the well and made the gun much simpler and IMO safer to work on. Having to put the magazine into the pistol as part of the field stripping and reassembly process is retarded and just asking to unintentionally and possibly unknowingly load the gun. Removing that safety and spending some quality time on the hammer and sear did WONDERS for the trigger, Volquartzen can lick my ass!
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: Ash on September 17, 2010, 05:13:40 PM: FC, that sounds like a miserable experience. I will agree that the field strip procedures for the MKIII's are about as annoying as it gets. It is not something that needs to be done too often though. If you can figure out how to remove the magazine disconnect you can fore go putting the magazine in during the procedure. That is actually new to the MKIIIs and was not an issue with the MKIIs, why Ruger did this I will never understand. With the number of issues you've had I'd have recommended calling Ruger. I'm pretty sure your specimen is an example of the exception and not the rule. :dunno:

If you cruise on over to the Sigforum, you can search Mississippi Daves Mosquito guides. You can read about the misery people go through getting theirs to function correctly. I had to polish the feed ramp, get new magazines, and it shoots CCI Mini-Mags only. It struggles through federal champion and has a 50% failure rate with any other ammo. YMMV from what I've read and heard.
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: actionshooter on September 17, 2010, 05:23:24 PM: The best .22 pistol I have ever owned (and that's almost all of them :o) and won't ever sell is a full house Volquartsen, talking bad about them is blasphemy. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: Sportfury on September 17, 2010, 05:28:09 PM: I have a Browning Buckmark and it will shoot anything I put in it. $19.99 (or less) for a box of 550 rounds of cheap ammunition and I have one happy gun. Looked at the Walther, but never at the Sig.
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: ICEMAN on September 17, 2010, 05:36:07 PM: Quote from: actionshooter on September 17, 2010, 05:23:24 PM
The best .22 pistol I have ever owned (and that's almost all of them :o) and won't ever sell is a full house Volquartsen, talking bad about them is blasphemy. :chuckle:

oooooooh, Volquartsen..... :drool:
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: FC on September 17, 2010, 06:31:53 PM: Quote from: Ash on September 17, 2010, 05:13:40 PM
FC, that sounds like a miserable experience. I will agree that the field strip procedures for the MKIII's are about as annoying as it gets. It is not something that needs to be done too often though.

Initially I needed to do a full cleaning every 200 rounds, hot water and dish soap with a complete disassembly in the sink then dry, oil and assemble. Even at 200 I would be up to a 7 out of 10 failure rate.

In order to remove the magazine disconnect you have to either replace the hammer or make a shim for the stock one (I made a shim), the pistol really is reliable now and has always been accurate but I would recommend not buying one, get a Mk II if at all possible if you want a Ruger semi-auto 22. The amount of work that had to be done was ridiculous, I found more than one shop that offers a complete price list for accurizing and doing an internal polish job to make the stupid thing work right.

I am sure the Volquartzens are great but for the money???

I would actually like to spend some time with a Sig Mosquito if anyone local to me (Edmonds) has one that is a problem child, I am betting that I could trick one out and make it work as well as my Ruger does now. My Ruger will actually cycle subsonics now without a hitch, when new it wouldn't even cycle mini-mags better than 7 out of 10.
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: Wenatcheejay on September 18, 2010, 08:29:06 AM: I like the little sig. Yes, it is very ammo finicky. But knowing that, it is a fun little practice gun and the ability to double as a grouse backup is nifty to. If you want one with a threaded barrel buy it that way. To get one aftermarket comes from Germany for $250. (Just the barrel.)
Title: Re: Sig Sauer Mosquito
Post by: machine on September 19, 2010, 10:21:46 PM: My friend bought one for a suppresser host.Would only cycle CCI for the first 1500 rounds but after that ran good with bulk packs.