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Hi guys, looking for a cheap but reasonable quality .22 plinker! Thinking perhaps gsg1911 or sig mosquito / sig 1911! Any thoughts would be apreciated...
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Check out a Norc M93. A heck of a lot of value for the price. I have no regrets. Runs like a clock.

M
 
Norinco M93 is probably your best bang for your buck,
but I'd go with the GSG 1911. A real fun gun.
But this is one case where you can buy both and not go broke.
 
Have a GSG as well, love it. Less than $200 to $400+ is a big leap. What are you prepared to pay?

M
 
I don't think I've ever really seen anything positive said about the Mosquito.
 
KDX said:
I don't think I've ever really seen anything positive said about the Mosquito.
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Mines finally "broke-in" and functioning satisfactory.
But I wouldn't recommend it.
Funny thing is, during the first 500 rds,
it would only cycle properly with, believe it or not:
Remington Thunderbolts!
 
Much has been said about how poorly Mosquitos perform. But having had some tuning troubles with a Tanfoglio Force .22 I would suggest that if one is willing to tinker a little with the recoil spring that the Mosquito could be as reliable as any other .22 semi auto.

The thing is that with a direct blowback style action you actually do the opposite to the spring from what you'd expect. I found that the gun I had would shoot fine with CCI SV rounds. Going up to HV rounds with lighter bullets resulted in the bullets exiting the barrel so fast that there wasn't a long enough dwell time for the back pressure to push against the slide. So going to HV rounds actually required a SOFTER spring than stock. Since I've put in a custom made softer spring the gun has been flawless.

I suspect that the Mosquito issue is much the same situation.
 
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