Sig Mosquito

[AlbcAlbrr]

I bought a Mosquito in December of 2007. I fired a lot of CCI MiniMags through it and never really had a problem. After a couple of months I got snobby though and only wanted to fire a real gun (9mm) and sold the Mosquito to a friend who wanted it.

So Obama got elected, the ammo shelves went bare, and prices went through the roof. It's just too much trouble finding 9mm and the prices are too high still but I like to shoot so it seemed to me that I needed a 22lr. Damn, why did sell that Mosquito?

So now what? Ruger? Buckmark? Neo? S&W? No, I want something that resembles a real gun. P22 maybe? Who am I kidding, I'm a Sig guy.

Yes I did buy another Mosquito - 2 tone - $315.

I picked it up Monday, brough it home, took off the slide, and took off the grips (those are really little screws so I would suggest to all to make sure and use hollow ground screwdrivers and easy on the torque). Sprayed the slide and frame with M-Pro7, ran a tornado brush down the barrel a few times, then a copper brush a few times, and then swabbed it out. Scrubbed the slide inside and out, and the frame inside and out with a tooth brush saturated again with M-Pro7. Used Syn Safe Gunscrubber to rinse everything off. Swabbed the barrel with, and lubed everything else with, CLP. Reassembled the gun with the light spring.

I went to the range on Tuesday with the Mosquito and a few boxes of Minimags. I sent 200 rounds downrange. The Mosquito went bang every time except once at around shell number 93. It just went click. Visible examination (press check) showed a round in the chamber. I cocked the hammer and pulled the trigger. The round fired. No other issues. No jams, no stovepipes, no fail to eject.

This was a function check trip to the range so I wasn't going for accuracy. I was firing somewhat quickly at paper at 25 or so feet. Even so the rounds all stayed within 4 inches or so.

Keep it clean, keep it lubed, and use Minimags (or at least recognize that there are some brands it won't like) and you have yourself a really nice plinking pistol that is fun to shoot, accurate enough, and feels, looks, and operates like a SIG.

It's just a machine, and like all machines, there are guidelines which must be followed to ensure proper operation.

[Suvorov]

I'm overall happy with mine. Got well over 1000 round through it now and reliability with MiniMags has been pretty much 100%. Shot Federal Bulk pack through it the other day and only had one failure (it was a FTF followed by a FTL so it might have been operator induced in part) out of about 100 rounds. Have been using the standard (heavy) recoil spring. The big advantage for me is that it uses a DA/SA trigger instead of the SA trigger that the Rugers etc use. This allows me to practice my trigger transitions with a .22LR. Unless you have some work done to it, the DA trigger is very stiff, but as a training gun it fills the bill pretty well.

Size wise it is a little small for me. It is light and compact which is nice for a trailgun/plinker, but in the training gun role, I wish the size was on par with a P225.

Accuracy is decent, but it is a small gun with a short sight radius so I'll echo others here in saying that I believe the gun is far more accurate than most people can shoot it. I still have no problem hitting 6 inch plates at 20 yards with it.

I also briefly owned a Walther P22 and I would say that versus the Walther, the Sig has some advantages for me. If you are looking for a more shootable/accurate .22 pistol, I would look at Ruger and for a nice little trail/plinker the new SR922 looks perfect! The big advantage of the Sig for me is the DA/SA system and the Sig decock (and also Beretta style safety).

[AlbcAlbrr]

If you are looking for a more shootable/accurate .22 pistol, I would look at Ruger and for a nice little trail/plinker the new SR922 looks perfect!

I'm pretty sure that picture on the first page is a photoshop creation.

[Jk4Three]

Ok, thanks all for the good advice. My credit card just cycled so this morning I bought the last reverse two-tone Mosquito at Turners. The P22 was on sale but after comparing the two I went with the Sig and they gave me the sale price from two weeks ago. The P22 was a little too small and didn't have the look/feel of the Sig and I'm not so interested in upgrading to another Walther in the future. I see the Mosquito as step to getting a P226 or P229, then get a 22lr conversion kit and sell the Mosquito. As far as the ammo & ftl or fte problems, I'll run the high-velocity cci through break in, then make it a challenge to get some brand of bulk ammo to work.

9.75 days to go. I'll followup with a post on how it runs fresh out of the box.

[KushMaster]

Congrats!!!

[MAD SVT]

me = jealous.

[AlbcAlbrr]

Ok, thanks all for the good advice. My credit card just cycled so this morning I bought the last reverse two-tone Mosquito at Turners. The P22 was on sale but after comparing the two I went with the Sig and they gave me the sale price from two weeks ago. The P22 was a little too small and didn't have the look/feel of the Sig and I'm not so interested in upgrading to another Walther in the future. I see the Mosquito as step to getting a P226 or P229, then get a 22lr conversion kit and sell the Mosquito. As far as the ammo & ftl or fte problems, I'll run the high-velocity cci through break in, then make it a challenge to get some brand of bulk ammo to work.

9.75 days to go. I'll followup with a post on how it runs fresh out of the box.

Good for you! Make sure you clean & lube it before you shoot it.

[Jk4Three]

Picked it up on Tuesday, cleaned & oiled it, took it to Iron Sights last night for approx 600 rds. I brought 5 different 22lr ammo: CCI Minimags (only 100 rds), PMC Zapper, Winchester Super X, Winchester 333 Bulk and Centurion (Aquila). All were 1250 fps or better.

Starting with the installed spring and the CCI sprayed with WD40 it couldn't have gone worse. Every other pull was a failure of some kind, felt lucky to get three in a row. Mostly it was a failure to fully seat in the chamber and the slide not closing fully, as if very dirty. I was thinking I need to look for my receipt.

After gutting through the 100 rds of CCI I changed the spring and tried the bulk ammo with improving results. After 100 rds of this I randomly tried another 400 rds of the rest and it settled in nicely. Even the cheap Centurion fired as good as any. My son had a few more ftl, probably due to light holding. I had more failures with the plastic mag. Odd that the CCI's had problems, but I didn't give them a chance with the lighter spring.

Not very scientific, but: 500 rd breakin + oiled ammo + light spring + metal mag + solid grip = a good time (so far). The gun is louder and breaths more fire than the Ruger Mk1 I'm used to (more fun to fire). So far so good.

[Jk4Three]

Thumbs up to Turners in San Marcos

Need to add that Turners sold me the two tone at the prior sale price of $339 then the blue went on sale for $289 during my wait. It was not a problem for them to switch them out and credit back the difference. I'll head back there when I'm ready for the P229.

[Steve's Scar]

If you don't care about accuracy then it's ok. It's not accurate worth of ****.. I only got mine because it's the camo version.... Not too many here..