[PICS] Swiss Arms SA-22 (GSG/Sig Sauer Mosquito)

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I ordered last week the Swiss Arms SA-22 from Canada Ammo and it arrived yesterday. Shout-out to Canada Ammo for excellent communication and definitely deserve an easy-to-do-business-with award!

The reason I purchased this particular .22 was price. After much reading it appeared to be very similar, if not the same, as the Sig Mosquito (Sig Sauer is a Subsidiary of Swiss Arms). I decided to take the plunge on the gun and it came to a total of about $500.00CDN with 4x extra mags and of course, Canada Ammo's free shipping. Delivered by CanPar, not a bad experience btw. I'm unfortunately poor lately and haven't even had a chance to shoot my 9mm in at least 6 months... I decided it was time for a .22 pistol. After much shopping around and trying to keep the budget as low as possible, it seemed like the next best alternative was $400 bucks plus $50 bucks per mag! Prices only went up from there... I'm happy with my purchase, the gun FEELS great and looks great. I purchased it blindly (online), but had I held it at a store, I would have walked out with it for sure... Can't wait to get some shooting in again!

Some initial negatives: Very heavy DA trigger. Heavy-ish SA trigger. Plastic lower and plastic trigger. Has "read manual before shooting" stamped on the plastic... wtf... and the safety leaver doesn't work? I don't know... the disconnect works, but when I flip the safety (which I don't know why it's there to begin with), I can still pull the trigger and it completes the action on DA and it drops the hammer on SA... don't really care though.

Here's some photos! Note the barrel has Sig Sauer stamped on it. Also came with a GSG logo stamped on a .22 snap cap. ALBUM

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Comparison with my S&W 5906

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Also note gun came with a Swiss Arms gun case w/ foam, a wrench to remove the end cap for the threaded barrel, a snap cap, manual, and a spare spring - 1x heavy spring and 1x light spring.
 
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The safety is a firing pin block so you do not damage the firing pin/barrel hood by dry firing. The pistol will need CCI Mini-Mags to mostly work for the first few thousand rounds. Thunderbolts and other dirty cheap ammo will give you a lot of practice clearing jams.
 
DAR 701 said:
The safety is a firing pin block so you do not damage the firing pin/barrel hood by dry firing. The pistol will need CCI Mini-Mags to mostly work for the first few thousand rounds. Thunderbolts and other dirty cheap ammo will give you a lot of practice clearing jams.
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I'll be picking up some CCI before range day for sure! I figured the safety was something internal. Good to know I can dry fire it with the safety engaged. Unlike my other guns, I couldn't visually see it doing anything! I have on hand some Remington 22 Viper ammo, box of Winchester 333, and Winchester Dynapoint. Local CT got some CCI though. I think it's 100rnds for 10 bucks... is that about the going rate right now?
 
Here's my opinion as someone who has a flawlessly running Sig Mosquito so long I have stopped my round count somewhere in the thousands, replacing only several recoil springs due to use.

I started by buying a single 50 count box of just about every unique 22LR ammo I could find. I already had another 22LR rifle to use it up in so spending the $40.00 at the time was no issue. I started by working my way up from the lightest and slowest to the heaviest and fastest. I found that cheap ammo, slow ammo, fast ammo or very light bullets would never operate the Mosquito properly all the time.

I decided to stay at the slowest and heaviest that would operate the Mosquito flawlessly, counting mostly on very roughly "guess-timated" burn rate in the barrel as a sign of required pressures for operation: generic 36 - 40 grain ammo in the 1200 to 1300 fps range will operate my Mosquito every time. Some brands are a touch more accurate but overall I wanted to keep from over cycling and breaking anything... and I never have.

I know everyone and their dog that has owned, operated or heard of operating a Mosquito has an opinion, but you've just read mine (I assume) and I see it being the logical way. Just going to fast bullets to give operation now, in my opinion, likely leads to premature damage and spring failures.

Just my opinion though.
 
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Here's my opinion as someone who has a flawlessly running Sig Mosquito so long I have stopped my round count somewhere in the thousands, replacing only several recoil springs due to use.

I started by buying a single 50 count box of just about every unique 22LR ammo I could find. I already had another 22LR rifle to use it up in so spending the $40.00 at the time was no issue. I started by working my way up from the lightest and slowest to the heaviest and fastest. I found that cheap ammo, slow ammo, fast ammo or very light bullets would never operate the Mosquito properly all the time.

I decided to stay at the slowest and heaviest that would operate the Mosquito flawlessly, counting mostly on very roughly "guess-timated" burn rate in the barrel as a sign of required pressures for operation: generic 36 - 40 grain ammo in the 1200 to 1300 fps range will operate my Mosquito every time. Some brands are a touch more accurate but overall I wanted to keep from over cycling and breaking anything... and I never have.

I know everyone and their dog that has owned, operated or heard of operating a Mosquito has an opinion, but you've just read mine (I assume) and I see it being the logical way. Just going to fast bullets to give operation now, in my opinion, likely leads to premature damage and spring failures.

Just my opinion though.
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Do you have a list of ammo that work well in the gun in your opinion?

I'll keep that 36-40/1200-1300 in mind.

Cheers!
 
I've run Dynapoint, Winchester 333 and 555 with zero issues through my Mosquito. I have heard of others having issues but, that's why the include a lighted recoil spring with the gun. If you find your having problems, switch to the lighter spring.
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I find mine ran better wet for the first 1000 rounds.
 
I have run:
Win M22 (40@1250)
Win High Velocity white box (40@1255)
CCI mini-mags (36@1250)
Federal Champion (38@1250 & 40@1200)
Remington Cyclone (38@1280)
Remington Thunderbolt (40@1255)

Vipers, Velocitors, Yellow Jackets... all too light and too fast
Target rounds, quiets & subsonics... all too slow
 
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Kevt28 said:
CCI stingers make a nice fireball out of the barrel on my mosquito.
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Stingers are 32gr at 1292ft/sec and might be over cycling your action: something not at all needed. My opinion, and it is only my opinion, this possible over cycling could lead to premature wear, premature failure and possible catastrophic damage. That is just my opinion.
 
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