Walther P22 vs. SIG Mosquito

just bought a brace of sigs' . 226 9mm and mosquito . havent shot either yet . my wife loves her mosquito , didn't want to put it away when i brought it home . i was looking at the p22 originally at the fun store .when i could only get two fingers on the grip i knew it wasn't for me . whats the fun in buying the wife a toy if i cant use it ?

great post!!
 
I had a P22 and it worked flawlessly for me. The only annoyance for me was the loosening of the barrel weight after a few mags. It was a bit small in my meathooks. Just be sure to get the prefix mags. If the mosquito is as good as my P22 was I would not hesitate to purchase one.
 
SLANTO said:
I had a P22 and it worked flawlessly for me. The only annoyance for me was the loosening of the barrel weight after a few mags. It was a bit small in my meathooks. Just be sure to get the prefix mags. If the mosquito is as good as my P22 was I would not hesitate to purchase one.
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how did you fix that issue?
 
ghostie said:
This is not the advice I received from the dealer or my gunsmith. When I got the pistol, it looked like someone had taken a big sqeeze bottle of white handcream and poured it into the insides of the gun. It was way beyond what I have seen in any other new gun I've bought. None of the 9mm and above SIG pistols I have looked at, whether refurb or new, have had this kind of goo in them. Most pistols are shipped with some kind of long term lube in them (Glocks come with that copper coloured paste, for example), but not like this. If I had left it in there, the gun would have fouled up something fierce as soon as I started shooting it. Some of it I left in, particularly in the lower parts of the gun away from the chamber, but most of it I removed and replaced with a little bit of light lubricant.
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The white goo is lithium grease. It works well as a lubricant and doesn't have to be removed at all.
 
wobbles99 said:
The white goo is lithium grease. It works well as a lubricant and doesn't have to be removed at all.
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On the particular gun i purchased it had to be removed - otherwise I woud have had goo-coated ammo and just one hell of a mess. I haven't seen other Mosquitos shipped out like this. I'm not taking about a little bit of packing lube. There was white goo all in the top of the magazine that was in the gun and all inside the gun. I would have submerged the round in goo if I tried to load one. All above the magazine in the open area inside was full of white goo. The de-cocker area was packed solid and white goo was gushing out if you worked the decocker. It was squeezing out from under the grip panels even. It was very strange. When my dealer brought this gun in (they had at least 2 others before this which I looked at -one of which was bought by CGN member "Terry" - that weren't all goop'd up) I rack the slide back and say, "What the hell? It looks like somebody poured hand cream into this. You can even smell it!" He says, "Oh ya. It's just for packing. Make sure you clean it up before using it or it's going to foul-up something fierce."

I left some of it around the trigger and sear, a bit around the decocker, and the hammerspring. The rest I removed. A lot of it was just sitting there. It wouldn't have worked itself in if you cycled the action a million times.

I think my gun maybe have left the factory under strange circumstances. A target is included, but for some reason the rear sight was not centred. It was moved all the way to the left. :confused:
 
mine came with a traget aswell .with what i would say is a quality control grouping ,1.5" moa at 25M i believe or 10M can't remember . not at home to look . also had notes on the target .
 
ghostie - great article & pics!

Purchased my p22 used (unknown round count) from Reliable before I found CGN. I have put about 1200+ rounds through it with very few hiccups - maybe 4-5 partial fte's. It's a fun little pistol and cheap to shoot but I hate the compensator so it's gonna have to go see Barry in Delta.
 
Well my p22 must be a lemon from hell just got it back after 5months!!!!!! from the gun shop they repaired it under warranty ,so they say, picked it up last Friday and just found out that the safety does not work did not take it to range yet to see if it really works so my opinion is stay away from that gun and also from this dealer yes it is a dealer that advertises here and is just north of Toronto and it is not Epps:runaway: :runaway:
 
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Here are a few more pics of the Mosquito. I'm learning a bit more about this gun as I go. It really is quite a bit different from anything else I've seen.

This is what the barrel looks like when removed from the frame. Unlike the P22, the barrel cannot be removed from the barrel sleeve. The barrel sleave is a kind of plastic that almost feels a bit rubbery. It is molded right onto the barrel. The little aluminum take-down wheel will come out of the barrel assembly. This wheel is what the take-down level fits into. The shorter screw connects these two pieces (plus the barrel assembly and the frame) together. The longer screw goes in the other hole. Note that the aluminum block, the one that the recoil spring fits into, is actually upside down in these photos (oops).
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Here's a closer shot:
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This is the barrel assembly from the front (or back, depending on how you want to think of it). I'm patronizing most of you, but for those not familiar with rimfire, the notch on the right side is for the extractor. Note that you can clearly see where the firing pin is hitting just above the barrel. A sort of square shape with a line below it. The skinny "line" part is the part that hits the shells that are in the chamber. A certain amount of dry firing is inevitable with these guns. These firing pin hits seems to wear down a mark, but then go no further. I might smooth it off eventually.
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--Terry-- said:
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Oh really? That sucks.

I was getting that message at first, but now it is working. Hopefully not everyone that tries it is getting a dead link.
 
Thanks for all of the pictures and comparisons. I was looking at the P22, and did not really realize how small it is. It would probably not work for me, since a Glock 21 feels small in my giant mits.
 
Some people have mentioned the small size of the P22. Yes, it is very, very small. I think it is probably one of the smallest guns still being imported into Canada. The only comparable thing I can think of would be a Glock 26/27 from Questar.

Here is a picture of me shooting the P22:
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The gun for comparision:
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I think my hands are "normal" size, but I am a bigger guy (6'3", 220lbs.). Here is myself shooting a Glock 17 for comparision:
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And a USP 9mm:
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