Sig Mosquito

[sledgemeister]

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?

[TAB]

reality, there just is not a good "cheap" choice for a 22 auto out there.

[fightingquaker13]

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

[twyacht]

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,.....



I think this mosquito is better.

[Hazcat]

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,.....


I think this mosquito is better.

and it's made of plywood!

[Sponsor]

[toad]

After all the feedback. I went with the ruger mkIII 22-45. Wanted something that has worked well for years. Thanks.

[Big Frank]

Excellent choice. I love my Rugers.

[Bill Stryker]

Good choice.

[pioneer]

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.   

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.

[Rastus]

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.