Sig Mosquito

[giggitygiggity]

I really want to like this pistol, but I have heard mixed reviews. I like how there is a threaded barrel offering. What has everyone's experiences been with the Mosquito? I like how it is offered with a threaded barrel, rail, and is very close to the centerfire pistols. Unfortunately, I have not fired one. I do not know how they perform accuracy-wise, reliability-wise, and durability-wise. Thanks.

 

[supham]

At 7 yards I was more likely to the target by throwing the gun at it.

I wanted to like them as well, but was disappointed with the accuracy. At first I was thought it was just me but after shooting from a bench, I did not have much better results.

 

[wbwanzer]

Mine has been flawless for about 900 rounds now. I wish the trigger were more like that of my Buckmark, but I get used to it. Mine is almost as accurate as the Buckmark. So far it's been a good shooter.

 

[Atroxus]

Mine works fine once I switched over to the second spring that comes with it. If you have the wrong spring for the ammo you are using you can expect tons of problems though. Before I swapped the springs I was getting 1 or more malfunction from just about every 10 round magazine I put through it. Now I shoot CCI mini-mags, and federal bulk with no problems.

It is not as accurate as my friends ruger, but its a heck of a lot easier to reassemble after cleaning.

 

[swmp9jrm]

I enjoy the heck out of my Mosquito - well over 1000 rounds through it at this point.

 

[223lover]

Mine is close to flawless. Gotta use the min mags though. Junk ammo makes her very angry. Early models had problems. later ones were fixed from what i read.

 

[giggitygiggity]

Could the addition of a second spring be one of the ways the Sig fixed earlier problems? How does the Mosquito compare to the Walther P22?

 

[wbwanzer]

I've never owned or shot the Walther, but I didn't like the feel of it. Seemed too small to me.

 

[Atroxus]

I agree with the previous poster about the walther. I have fairly small hands, and still my pinky hung off the end of the grip on the p22. It was what decided me on the mosqito instead.

 

[WoofersInc]

I have one and it has run great for me. I use Subsonics in mine since I am shooting it suppressed.

If you like the Mosquito look at the Classic line from SIG. They are making the 220, 226, and the 229 in 22LR. It uses the standard frame. The centerfire uppers can be bought from SIG to turn them into whichever chambering you want. They also offer threaded barrels for the 22's so you can run a suppressor on them.

 

[greyling22]

I looked hard at one a few years back for a buddy of mine. reviews were generally negative. feeding problems, cycling problems etc. they must have gotten the problems sorted out though because they still make them. If I was going to buy a sig .22 I would get the now discontinued Trailside. they one made by sig back when they owned hammerli. (walther has hammerli now)

 

[phrogpilot]

I have had a Mosquito for @ 5 months, with well more than 1,000 rounds through it. I bought it because I wanted to find a .22 my wife could shoot comfortably which would simulate a duty pistol without the recoil. As it turns out, and to my surprise, I really like shooting this pistol. Mine was manufactured in March this year. For the first 500 rounds I did as suggested and only ran CCI Mini Mags through it. I did have a few FTF/FTE in the very beginning, but after @ 100 rounds that stopped, and the pistol has been 100% since then. After 500 rounds, I went to Blazer ammo, not thinking it would work well. In fact its working perfectly, as is now Federal Bulk. It does appear these pistols require breaking in with Mini Mags before trying other brands. What else can I say; it feels great in my hands, like a real gun. It is, IMHO, the easiest pistol in the world to breakdown and clean (I wish every pistol maker was forced to study this aspect of its design; this is a dramatic improvement over the Rugers, which I also own). Accuracy is good, when you use good trigger control. The trigger can't match a target pistol, but I like it and it forces me to concentrate on my technique. I shoot it well, but it took a number of sessions to learn how to. I do lube this pistol very well after cleaning it after each range session, including putting Hoppes Gun Grease on the rails and slide; the grease stays put, doesn't accumulate any carbon or junk, and keeps eveything slick. I don't know whether this helps or even explains my pistols very good reliability, but I believ in it.