For you Mosquito owners:  http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3770151&posted=1#post3770151

Apparantly slide is made from cheap metal.

Lots of photos

I had heard this before, but it is a good reminder.

I can't believe sig not warranting or recall that gun. I see a big class action lawsuit
Coming with damages!! 

Once again, I'm so happy to be one of the guys to buy this thing when it first came out... Shoulda slapped that little voice in my head and went and bought a Ruger MK III instead...

Can't read the linked site (Work says it's of an "adult" nature.), but I remember a guy next to me at the silhouette range was having a lot of trouble with his Mosquito's slide. It kept getting stuck and wouldn't reset properly. Then it happened to me later with my SIG (GSG) 1911 22, but that was because the guide rod spring had a skinny end and fat end (It's really hard to notice and you had to look for it. They've since changed the spring to be the same on both ends.).

I wonder if the problem with the Mosquito is similar. Does anyone know?

Mosquitos are pieces of crap.

Mosquitos are pieces of crap.

+1

Only for newbs.

Most anyone who knows even a little about guns won't one one of those P.O.S's

If someone manages to buy one, they always recommend to everyone else to not buy one.

Quote from: GZire on December 22, 2011, 04:35:58 PM

Mosquitos are pieces of crap.

+1

Only for newbs.

Most anyone who knows even a little about guns won't one one of those P.O.S's

If someone manages to buy one, they always recommend to everyone else to not buy one.

That would be me.  I bought a 1st gen Mosquito and got rid of it.

What's everyone's opinion of various 22 pistols?

I've never heard anything bad about the Ruger.

Anyone have experience with the Walther P22?

My SIG (GSG) 1911 22 has been fun to shoot, but I can't say much about its reliability, since I've only shot a couple hundred rounds at most after replacing the guide rod. It seems to be holding. It doesn't jam too often.

What's everyone's opinion of various 22 pistols?

I've never heard anything bad about the Ruger.

Anyone have experience with the Walther P22?

My SIG (GSG) 1911 22 has been fun to shoot, but I can't say much about its reliability, since I've only shot a couple hundred rounds at most after replacing the guide rod. It seems to be holding. It doesn't jam too often.

I've owned numerous models of the Ruger .22 including a Mark 1. My only complaint is re-assembly after cleaning. Not exactly the easiest gun to put back together. Maybe I am just not very skilled but I have read the same thing in a gun magazine. The bull barrels with a decent trigger job will shoot as good as almost any out of the box .22.

My favorite .22 pistols are the old High Standard pistols. I still have a Supermatic Trophy and I have a 9 shot DA High Sierra revolver. The Trophy will out shoot almost anything made out of the box today. You can only shoot standard velocity out of it. And it groups the best with CCI SV. The High Sierra I have will shoot the center out of any target with almost any brand of ammo including the real cheap loose boxed ammo. At the metal range I can bench rest the revolver and hit the 1" bolts at 50 yds. 8 out of 9 shots. And this is with iron sights and my aging eyes.

Inspector is right about the re-assembly on Ruger 22s.  I've got the 22/45, and no kidding, there's about twelve steps to get it back together.  "Hold the gun like this, with the barrel pointing up at a 45 degree angle.  Pull the trigger so the hammer falls.  Replace the bolt.  Point the gun down and hold it like this.  Pull the trigger again, listening for the tiniest little snick of the parts going together.  Replace the pin/hinge do-whacky...."  It just goes on and on.  Almost every time I take it apart for cleaning I end up having to break out the manual and re-read the assembly instructions.  Other than that rather minor flaw, though, it's an awesome 22.  Shoots great, runs great, I love it.

Cougar reminded me of something about the Ruger .22's. They are extremely reliable. I have had a half dozen over the years and everyone would shoot any brand of cheap and expensive .22 ammo I could find. The only ammo I ever had a problem with is the Remington Golden Bullets. And I had a problem with them in all of my semi-auto pistols and rifles. And they will run reliably even dirty as hell. My father had the Mark 1 I mentioned earlier and I bought it from him, I took it to the range and shot it then took it home for a good cleaning. It took me almost 2 hours to get all the gunk out of it because he never cleaned it in all the years he owned it. I couldn't believe it would still run reliably as dirty as it was.

Ruger or Browning .22s are the standard recommendation. There's also the S&W 22a which is decent but I didn't like the fit and finish where the edges felt like they were cutting into my hand. Then there is the S&W 41 which you can spend a pretty penny on.

I also think all of the .22 revolvers out there are supposed to be good (H&R, Ruger, S&W).

What's everyone's opinion of various 22 pistols?

I've never heard anything bad about the Ruger.

Anyone have experience with the Walther P22?

My SIG (GSG) 1911 22 has been fun to shoot, but I can't say much about its reliability, since I've only shot a couple hundred rounds at most after replacing the guide rod. It seems to be holding. It doesn't jam too often.

My friend had/has the Walther P22.  We ran it side by side with the same ammo being fed through the Mosquito. P22 ate everything, while the Mosquito choked and died on everything.  That being said, I've heard some guys say that they have/heard of issues with the P22 working.  I dunno man, my friend's one worked great.

I like the Buckmarks & the Rugers for pistols also.

Quote from: antoinebugleboy on December 22, 2011, 07:02:44 PM

What's everyone's opinion of various 22 pistols?

I've never heard anything bad about the Ruger.

Anyone have experience with the Walther P22?

My SIG (GSG) 1911 22 has been fun to shoot, but I can't say much about its reliability, since I've only shot a couple hundred rounds at most after replacing the guide rod. It seems to be holding. It doesn't jam too often.

My friend had/has the Walther P22.  We ran it side by side with the same ammo being fed through the Mosquito. P22 ate everything, while the Mosquito choked and died on everything.  That being said, I've heard some guys say that they have/heard of issues with the P22 working.  I dunno man, my friend's one worked great.

I like the Buckmarks & the Rugers for pistols also.

My P22 is great for teaching failures.  Guaranteed like 1-30/40 will get stuck or something .

I have a Beretta Neos that I used to introduce firearms to my son with and it shoots cheap ammo.

I've been a using a Sig P220 that was converted to .22LR.  Reliability was mediocre at best and got worse when I got 3rd party followers that would hold the slide back on the last shot.  On the other hand it's a fantastic training tool and you're only paying around $300 for the  centerfire kit when you transition to a larger caliber as opposed to buying a new pistol.

I would just like to confirm the consensus here that the Mosquitos are crappy guns. I was shooting next to a gal with a mosquito a few weeks ago and I could not help noticing how many jams and misfires she kept getting. I struck up a conversation with her and fired a couple mags. Out of 10 shots I had 1 misfire. Firing pin strike looked unusually light for a misfire.  Thumbs down on Mosquito. 

Cougar reminded me of something about the Ruger .22's. They are extremely reliable. I have had a half dozen over the years and everyone would shoot any brand of cheap and expensive .22 ammo I could find. The only ammo I ever had a problem with is the Remington Golden Bullets. And I had a problem with them in all of my semi-auto pistols and rifles. And they will run reliably even dirty as hell. My father had the Mark 1 I mentioned earlier and I bought it from him, I took it to the range and shot it then took it home for a good cleaning. It took me almost 2 hours to get all the gunk out of it because he never cleaned it in all the years he owned it. I couldn't believe it would still run reliably as dirty as it was.

I've got an early Ruger Standard which I've lost count on the rounds, but it shoots great, digests just about anything, and strips and reassembles easily, except if you hold it pointing down while engaging the backstrap catch, the hammer strut falls away from its detent in the hammer spring plunger, which locks it up.  I regarded that as a "safety feature," because all you have to do is undo the backstrap catch, point it up, and close it again and you're in business in an instant.

That gun went a looong time before the little fork in the recoil spring broke around 1975 or so, but it still functioned on one of the tines --see attachment.  I wrote Ruger about it asking aobut price, shipping costs, etc, and within a couple of days I got a new one in the mail, free.

I recently got a Mark II and heard about the re-assembly problem, so I'm going to shoot it until it stops, then bring it over to my son's for an un-disassembled (except for the grips) ultrasonic cleaning and lubing.  That's the plan, anyhow.

On the other hand, but with respect to centerfires, I've got a PF9 which I call my two-shot Deringer with a convenient in-butt storage compartment for spare cartridges.  Can almost never cycle a full mag through it without either a nosedive jam or a stovepipe.  Hey, don't make any suggestions to improve the situation --nothing works and I've tried everything including sending it back to KelTek.

I'll never sell that PF9 because I'm too honorable.  Besides, it's the gun I love to bitch about at every opportunity.... like now.

Terry, 230RN

The recoil spring on the Ruger:

Glad I didn't buy the little bugger