The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Handguns => Topic started by: toad on May 05, 2011, 12:32:30 PM
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Anyone try the Sig mosquito handgun .22LR ? I've read some stuff online that it is ammo sensitive. Wanted to get one for a child to use at the range, but don't want anything that causes problems.
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I have no personal experience but have heard nothing but woe and heartache about them.
You'd do much better with a Walther P22 if you are looking for a diminutive .22 pistol. Otherwise, hard to go wrong with a Ruger Mk II or a Buckmark if you don't mind the larger size.
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i looked at the walther and really liked it. just had not seen the sig before.
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I have one and never had a problem with it,granted I only use mini mags in it like Sig advises but so far its been 100%
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See lots of folks have issues with them at the range where I work. Very ammo sensitive. Best .22 pistol for the money, IMHO, is a Ruger, the MK2 in particular, if you can find one, and the MK3 if you can't. The 22/45 is also a good gun, especially the new ones with the wood grips. Feels just like a 1911 with those wood grips. Not so much without them.
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I have no personal experience with the Sig either, a friend does and wishes he never bought it.
I DO however have experience with the Walther P22, my daughter has one and we plan on melting it down to make miniature Army soldiers. It's a POS as far as she and I are concerned. Others have had better luck with theirs.
Ruger gets a big thumbs up as does the overpriced Browning line. You can find an affordable one, they make about 20 different variants.
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Leave it where it is!
Horrible gimmicky POS.
If your after something like it that actually works try a ISSC m22
http://www.issc-austria.com/index.php
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I would advise against the ISSC as well. The ones we have sold have been nothing but trouble for their owners.
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I have/had one. Was changing out the old barrel for a new threaded one and the stinking slide cracked putting it back on.
It jamed about three times every four mags with nondescript ammo and about two times every 5 mags with mini-mag ammo.
If you get a good one, then good on you.
I would suggest you avoid it because you are more likely to purchase junk than you are a gem.
Just my 2 cents (can you tell I wish I had never thrown good money after that thing?).
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I was looking to save some money by shooting 22LR. So, I bought a Mosquito and it works -- now. It is an early example.
It always worked with CCI high velocity ammo. But it would jam or fail to fire or fail to eject with regularity with anything else. It gave you a lot of clearing of malfunction drills. I was to say the least disappointed in it. The Mosquito is to be blunt up to the usual Sig standards.
I complained on this forum about it and included a note here to Micheal Bane to get Sig to find a fix for the darn thing.
I went to the NRA Convention and talked to the folks at Sig about my problems with the gun. One of the Sig instructors I talked to told me to try putting a drop of oil in the little hole on the side of the slide. When I got home I tried the suggestion. It worked. Now I still shoot it, but I don't have the stoppages at the rate I once did. Now it works with bulk ammo from Federal, Remington, and Winchester not just CCI. I am shooting some of my old backlog of Mohawk, Imperial, Wildcat, and other cheap junk I bought years ago, many years ago and it works. It even works with standard velocity ammo. I do not claim I do not have stoppages, but they are few.
I think mine works because it got shot a lot and I keep it well lubed. I also keep the crud out of the breach area by keeping it as clean as I can with the M16 toothbrush. I do not do a major cleaning every time I shoot it because I have a Sig red dot sight on it that makes a major cleaning a bigger pain than I am willing to put up with.
I have kept it because it is a surrogate for my 226. But now Sig has 22LR conversions for the 226. They had several examples of the Mosquito at the NRA Convention in Pittsburgh. So maybe they have solved the problems.
As for the future I am going to get one of the new 1911 style .22s.
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I would advise against the ISSC as well. The ones we have sold have been nothing but trouble for their owners.
Interesting
What issues have you found?
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reality, there just is not a good "cheap" choice for a 22 auto out there.
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Thereis zero reason to buy an ammo sensative .22 Lr unless you are a target shooter.I owned and sold a great older Browning.I have an old Colt Woodsman. I love both. They are, however, both way overpriced. If I were looking for a reasonably priced one, I'd ask if companies like charter or CZ made one. Failing that, for a kid, there are plenty of reasonable .22 revolvers out there. Not the same, but you shouldn't be looking at $350 used to $500 on a .22, particularly one with as many bad reviews as the Sig. FWIW.
FQ13
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Hazcat has the "only" one that really works,.... ::) It took a big hammer, rat-tail file, some beating on the bench, even a blow torch, but it does work,..... ;D
(http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i187/wenis_r_us/mosq.jpg)
I think this mosquito is better.
(http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/kelric51/Aircraft%20Models/Models%20Plus%20Photoshop/AllansLancMossie-sig.jpg)
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Hazcat has the "only" one that really works,.... ::) It took a big hammer, rat-tail file, some beating on the bench, even a blow torch, but it does work,..... ;D
I think this mosquito is better.
(http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss335/kelric51/Aircraft%20Models/Models%20Plus%20Photoshop/AllansLancMossie-sig.jpg)
and it's made of plywood!
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After all the feedback. I went with the ruger mkIII 22-45. Wanted something that has worked well for years. Thanks.
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Excellent choice. I love my Rugers.
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Good choice.
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I got one of the early Mosquitoes in 2005, a birthday gift from my wife who knew I wanted a .22 pistol. She chose the Sig based on the company's reputation. The gun had a lot of problems, no matter what kind of ammo I fed it. Fail to feed, fail to fire, fail to eject, you name it. It also did something I've never seen before, or since. When picking up a round from the magazine, the entire cartridge would be ejected from the ejection port, usually flying in front of the pistol, leaving the chamber empty. :o
I called Sig who asked me to send it back. To make a long story short, they replaced the gun. I was still having problems, just not as many. The Sig really, really likes CCI Mini Mag ammo, but I was still having problems with feeding and ejecting. I called SigArms again. I learned that the Mosquito needs to be heavily lubed. Not just a light coat of oil, but really hosed down. There is also a very small hole drilled into the slide which is for lubricating the extractor. Once I learned that, I oiled it up and went to the range. It worked very well, but began to choke at about 100 rounds. Because of all the oil, it gets real dirty, real fast and needs to be cleaned often.
When it is clean, with the proper recoil spring and front sight post, the Mosquito is a delight to shoot. It is very accurate and much cheaper to shoot than any of my center fire pistols. Not a house gun or SD gun by any means, but I will be hanging on to it for casual target shooting.
(http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb294/pioneer461/Guns%20-%20Pistols/Pistols08010.jpg)
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I got a gift certificate at a sporting clays event and ended up with another Mosquito. This one works flawlessly.
Go figure. They must have fixed it.