hey guys i just noticed that the new sig mosquitos dont have a threaded barell, and end. it looks as though the frame has been made bigger to cover this up. I am wondering if anyone has shot a new one, and if they are any better functionally than the older models, which were fussy about what kind of ammo to feed them. liking only hot ammo, such as cci mini mags, and stingers. thanks for the help. oh and also i would like to know if anyone still has the olderstyle in stock, with the threaded end. thanks guys!
Sig mosquito
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My father in law just picked one up brand new from factory. It has an extended barrel, no threading. It runs hot ammo no problem but you cant have the heavy guide rod spring installed. The hollow-point raptors run no problem with the heavy spring.
I'm just curious, why do you want a threaded barrel? Faux-silencer?
You wont go wrong with this pistol, as Tony says: theeeeeyyy're great,
Tim.
I'm just curious, why do you want a threaded barrel? Faux-silencer?
You wont go wrong with this pistol, as Tony says: theeeeeyyy're great,
Tim.
That is interesting. Are there some being shipped to Canada this way now? I guess so if your father in law has one.
Back when I had a Mosquito I measured it out that you could chop almost the whole extended barrel off and be left with a sliver over 105mm. SIG could make something at the factory that looked even better.
I had a gunsmith chop my P22 down to the legal limit and I liked it a lot better that way, until the slide bit the dust. I never got around to doing the same thing with the Mosquito before I sold it.
Do you have a pic of our father-in-law's gun? Does anyone have a pic of one of these non-threaded Canadian market guns?
Here's a video of my old Mosquito:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNEMQdncmuY&feature=user
On the original question... the Mosquito is not as bad as the naysayers make it out. It is not the masterpiece of engineering that the 220/225/226/228/229 guns are, but then not many guns live up to that standard. If you are interested in it, I'd say get one. It's a $500 gun that you can probably sell for $450 in a day or on the EE. How much risk is there in that?
I might be interested in picking up with timonthydgordon is describing. I'd also like to see some 220/226 conversion kits in Canada (and 229 would be great too... factory barrel choppers willing).
I called him to confirm that there is no threading, he bought his from Shooter's Choice in Kitchener, Ontario recently, picked it up last week. I'm going to his place this weekend and can take a few snapshots. Shooter's Choice ordered it in for him with factory extended barrel. To clarify his model also does not have the sport "weight" on it either.
I've seen lots of these guns her ein Vancouver and on the board here, but never any that don't have the threaded barrel. It will be brand new to me.
When I measured out where 105mm on the Mosquito barrel was, it looks like you could cut off the threads all together - right down to that last ring of steel past the plastic surrounding the barrel. (see pic)
Coming out of the factory, I think it could be made to look very nice, even with the same size slide (they aren't going to create a new slide for Canada) and a 106mm barrel. You would just have to extend the black plastic all the way to the end of the barrel to make it look similar to a black 9mm-type barrel.
When I measured out where 105mm on the Mosquito barrel was, it looks like you could cut off the threads all together - right down to that last ring of steel past the plastic surrounding the barrel. (see pic)
Coming out of the factory, I think it could be made to look very nice, even with the same size slide (they aren't going to create a new slide for Canada) and a 106mm barrel. You would just have to extend the black plastic all the way to the end of the barrel to make it look similar to a black 9mm-type barrel.
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Go to frontier firearms website, they have them without the threaded end. i think they are in the clearance pistols. i have 2 sig mosquitos, the threaded ones, i was just curious if anyone had shot a new one. thanks for the responses guys!
Check with Marlin, but I'm pretty sure that's just a picture of the American model.
As a 30-second photoshop, I think this is roughy what a Canadian legal non-threaded Mosquito would (could) look like:
Mosquito barrel (standard model in the U.S.) is basically 4 inches. It would only have to extend another 4mm or so.
Mosquito barrel (standard model in the U.S.) is basically 4 inches. It would only have to extend another 4mm or so.
NOPE! i already confirmed with marlin, it is in fact what it looks like. Is it a new model of the mosquito? now you see my curiosity.
http://www.frontiertaxidermy.com/html/_handguns.html
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Does this picture from the SIG websight look familiar?
http://www.sigsauer.com/Products/ShowCatalogProductDetails.aspx?categoryid=30&productid=98
It's the same pic as on the Frontier website.
The barrel on the gun in that pic is 3.98 inches long (101.092mm), meaning that the gun cannot be imported into Canada.
If you cut the barrel 4mm longer at the factory, then it could be imported into the country, registered into the system as a restricted firearm and sold to an individual RPAL holder.
The threaded barrel model has a 4.58 inch (116.332mm) barrel, and these have been able to come into the country no problem.
http://www.sigsauer.com/Products/ShowCatalogProductDetails.aspx?categoryid=30&productid=98
It's the same pic as on the Frontier website.
The barrel on the gun in that pic is 3.98 inches long (101.092mm), meaning that the gun cannot be imported into Canada.
If you cut the barrel 4mm longer at the factory, then it could be imported into the country, registered into the system as a restricted firearm and sold to an individual RPAL holder.
The threaded barrel model has a 4.58 inch (116.332mm) barrel, and these have been able to come into the country no problem.
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At any rate, i have asked marlin, and he has confirmed it does NOT have a threaded barrel.
