Posted: 9/3/2011 6:54:13 PM EDT
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So I got a Mosquito because my son just HAD to have one for an upcoming birthday.
Well, today as he is shooting it, the thing locks up. Slide WILL NOT budge. Tried pivoting the takedown lever. Nothing. In fact, it got stuck in the forward position. I plan to call Sig on Tuesday to arrange sending it to them to fix. Any ideas in the interim? |
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A couple of years ago I purchased a Mosquito, had nothing but problems with it. I sold it and purchased a used Colt Huntsman off GunBroker.
I purchased my first Huntsman in 1971 after getting out of the military I paid $50 for it NIB, I sold it a few years later for $150, to this day I regret selling that gun. The Huntsman I just purchased off GunBroker cost $350, money well spent , gun shoots great and will eat any ammo I feed it. Sig dropped the ball with the Mosquito, cheaply made and unreliable. IMHO Good luck with yours........... |
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The main issue with the misquito is that at one point they had non SAMI standard chambers.The chambers were a bit tight and depending on the ammo used problems were found.
sometimes as the gun broke in it would become better sometimes lucking out with a particular brand or lot of ammo. Add this problem to the average run of problems with any blowback rimfire pistol of the occasional tight gun and the Mosquito's don't have a great track record. They are an interesting sized handy little gun. Most of them with carefull cleaning and maintinence and maybe a trip to Sig to have the chamber polished out,along with carefull selection of ammo can be a fun little gun. Supposedly the newer guns have been better,not sure myself Generally if one were to own a standard centerfire Sig one would be better served with the sig rimfire conversion for it instead of the misquito. There is some weird things in Sigs priceing structure so that a full sized Sig in rimfire with the centerfire conversion kit is considerably cheaper than the centerfire gun with a rimfire kit. |
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Quoted: The main issue with the misquito is that at one point they had non SAMI standard chambers.The chambers were a bit tight and depending on the ammo used problems were found. sometimes as the gun broke in it would become better sometimes lucking out with a particular brand or lot of ammo. Add this problem to the average run of problems with any blowback rimfire pistol of the occasional tight gun and the Mosquito's don't have a great track record. I can't scientifically back up those claims, but I will say they parallel my experiences with extreme precision. I polished my own barrel and feed-ramp, though; after that it has been quite the fun pistola. |
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The main issue with the misquito is that at one point they had non SAMI standard chambers... Well, that explains a lot! I bought a Mosquito as a psuedo-impulse buy about five years ago and I have to tell you, it's the least favorite of all my rim-fires. I could barely make it through a full magazine without a stovepipe, failure to feed or some other issue. And that was with the proper spring installed and lubed bullets. It got better after around 600 rounds, but I still have enough problems with it that I regret buying it. Since I have a never-sell policy when it comes to guns, I might just have to try polishing the chamber. I don't think I can bubba it worse than it already is. OP - when mine was new, the slide locked up on me REAL good on my first range trip, but I was able to muscle it apart. Unfortunately, it was so long ago, I can't remember what I did to fix it...dohh! 
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To be "fair and balanced" - my Sig Mosquito has been flawless. I bought it used, and the shop had a range where I shot 6 different types of ammo through it without a hitch. I know there are some problematic Mosquitos out there - but there are some good ones too. Good luck. |