Sig Sauer Mosquito 22LR Review

[plouffedaddy]

22LR pistols and rifles are becoming more and more popular these days due to rising ammo cost and an increased interest in general preparedness. Sig's 22LR pistol offering is the Mosquito and here's what I've found with it so far...

Pros:
-Bottom line up front---cheap to shoot. Who doesn't like that?
-Accurate. The fixed barrel design lends itself to good accuracy.
-Ergonomics. It's a 90% scaled down P226 and many new shooters I've lent it out to like the smaller grip circumference.
-Many different finishes available
-3 dot adjustable sights
-MIL/LE pricing is available
-With the exception of the slide mounted safety the controls mimic it's bigger brothers in the Sig line up making weapons manipulation drills applicable to the guns many would use in a real world environment.

Cons:
-More complex to break down and maintain than some competitors (not bad by any means but I can see how some new shooters would be intimidated by it).
-10 round magazines standard
-Magazine cost
-Like many 22LR pistols, it seems to be somewhat picky about ammo.
-Magazine cost

Here's a video with some day & night shooting, disassembly/assembly of the pistol, and discussion of the pros/cons of the pistol.

[E Michael]

Nice review, mine seems less picky with ammo as time goes by

[den888]

Nice review!

[4DMASTR]

Just broke mine out of jail last night. Now if I could only find ammo....

[oppe4021]

Good review!
Some other cons I would add: Lack of better sight options, DA trigger pull

I really like my Mosquito. It was the perfect trainer for me.

[Renegade1]

The Mosquito is really picky when it comes to ammo. Sig Sauer recommends using CCI MINIMAGS which run without fail (if you can find them) Don't waste your money on the more expensive CCI STINGERS mine didn't care for them. I also found out that any high velocity .22 ammo works just fine as long as the gun and the ammo are well lubed. A couple of drops of FROGLUBE does the trick for mine.
The Mosquito is a great gun for new shooters especially women and kids with small hands.

[Drok512]

mine shoots great with no issues....but Ive only run CCI through it

[mvpatriot]

I love mine, it eats everything I feed it. Trick is to run a lighter main spring and lightly lube the ammo in a jar/box with a drop or two of gun oil.

[uhlan1]

Great starter gun for my daughter.
Picky about ammo. Likes CCI Mini mag which is almost impossible to find right now.

[PowderBurner823]

Had mine for 7 years and shoots well. Picky at first but a little use, lube and your ready to go.

My girl loves this gun.

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[plouffedaddy]

It's funny how some report it eats anything and others say it's very pick. Ah, the wonderful world of 22 pistols.