Sig Sauer Mosquito .22

[HighVoltage46366]

Does anyone have an comments on the discontinued Sig Sauer Mosquito?

 

[CampingJosh]

Mine was pretty finicky about ammo. It ran (estimates) 98% with CCI Mini-Mags, 95% with Remington Golden Bullets, and terribly with anything else. Like, I think it had a FTE on every single round of Federal bulk pack ammo I fed it.

I don't miss it.

 

[HighVoltage46366]

Thats pretty much what I've been hearing. I really like Sigs in general. I have an opportunity to purchase one, but I think im going to pass..

 

[Chance]

I am over 7000 rounds through mine. After a few tweaks it would run anything. At about 6000 rounds the trigger bar wore through the aluminum hard coat in the slot in the frame. I inlaid a strip of steel from a razor blade, polished a little and it is back up and working fine. I have run a lot of rounds through it and have no complaints for what it cost.

 

[Jump62]

I have a Mosquito with 3500 round through it, overall it has been a good shooter for me. It comes with two springs one for high speed ammo 1200fps+ and a spring with white on it for lower speed ammo. Mine likes to run wet and being an Army Vet I clean it after using it. My Squad leader and a Team Leader had a strong MoJo about weapons cleaning. There is a guy on the rimfire forum that has written a lot about the pistol, care, feeding, mods, fixes,ect. Sig stopped making the weapon a few years ago and now GSG make a pistol called the Firefly that is the Mosquito by any other name. It a pistol you either like or hate but mine has been good to me. BTW how much was your deal asking for the weapon?
Hope this helps,
Jump62
aka Paul

 

[seldon14]

They are junk, and not actually Sig made afaik.

 

[HighVoltage46366]

Thanks for all the posts

 

[Chippp1961]

Worse new firearm i ever purchased.
Back to Sig twice and worse when it came back both times.
They finally replaced it and I promptly sent it down the road.
Buddy of mine bought the replacement it knowing the story and claims he has had no problems.

 

[jek]

The one we have has failure to eject at least once per mag, using CCI. As far as I remember Federal wasn't different, certainly not as bad as failing 80% of the time.
Ours came with a foux suppressor, but neither it nor a real suppressor seemed to make much difference. It's certainly not a serious gun.

 

[natdscott]

Hammerli Trailside.

 

[doddg]

They are junk, and not actually Sig made afaik.

That's what I had read a long time back when I was researching on which .22LR guns to buy and which to stay away from.
It is one I never bought b/c of my research & I've bought nearly all of them looking for the "good" ones.
They were high-maintenance, but some don't mind that.

 

[shootersix]

I love me some sig sauers, my favorite gun manufacturer...but there’s 3 sigs I don’t own
1-sig 1911s they’re over priced
2-sig di ar15’s they’re over priced
3-sig mosquitoes they’re the biggest pos sig has ever produced/imported/slapped their name on
the mosquitoes are made in Germany by gsg they’re very picky on Ammo verrrry picky!!!!
in fact mini mags are almost the only Ammo they’ll shoot, I hear that the gsg firefly has a wider variety of ammo if can shoot, but still isn’t a reliable gun, so as much as I like sigs I won’t own a mosquito or firefly

 

[Longhair]

Just find a Ruger MK ll and be happy.

 

[Smith& W]

The only one I owned broke on the first outing. The safety lever broke off.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

I had one and it ran ok after 300 or so rounds, with lots of help from wd40. Got a 229 classic .22 and sold it. Nice little plinker, but just too picky. The 229 is beside me, overwatching the beanfield, as I type this. Wearing it's .40 caliber exchange kit, of course. It's been a good old gun.

 

[churchmouse]

My Skeeter's (3 of them) all ran just fine on about anything I fed them. Arent these made by GSG....????
I have long since moved on.
Sig badging.

 

[natdscott]

Just find a Ruger MK ll and be happy.

Meh. Maybe the 22/45 frame, but I personally think the ergonomics of the Ruger original are crap, for what it is.

I love a locked-wrist international pistol stance with a good target pistol, such as one might see on a 10 meter line.

The Mark I, etc. don’t apply to that, and are wonky for using the way I think of them. Same as the High Standards, Colts, etc. of the same era..

 

[churchmouse]

Meh. Maybe the 22/45 frame, but I personally think the ergonomics of the Ruger original are crap, for what it is.

I love a locked-wrist international pistol stance with a good target pistol, such as one might see on a 10 meter line.

The Mark I, etc. don’t apply to that, and are wonky for using the way I think of them. Same as the High Standards, Colts, etc. of the same era..

Agree. I got CKW a Ruger 22/45 Lite and she loves it. I actually enjoy shooting it. Sometimes.

 

[sloppyjoe]

The new Taurus TX22 is a budget 22 LR that seems to be getting great reviews, and it holds 16 rounds in the magazine. I have a Ruger 22/45 that is a tack driver, but it is kind of a pain to field strip for cleaning.

 

[HighVoltage46366]

Nice