After getting off subject a bit on the armorer section I thought it might be better to start this one.
I have the bridge mount for the Mosquito but have never used the red dot that came with it yet. I needed something that would let me see the target better. Old age has made my eye sight less than it once was. Having to use bifocals daily and still wanting to shoot was a problem. I had gotten some glasses that let me see the sights just fine but the target gets much worse as the distance increases. That is were the scope came in. It is not a very expensive scope and I think it is a 2X. This allows me to really see the target at 15 yards. I can even see where the last round hit.

I shoot at an indoor range. Shooting paper is ok but adding a 1/2" red/orange dot sticker to the target in various places makes a nice target. This place only lets you use their targets to shoot at. I like to see how many shots it takes to remove all of the color from the sticker. It also helps to try to do this by not making the hole any larger than needed. This is a great way to practice and I do burn up a lot of ammo.

Does anyone know of an easy way to lighten the single action trigger pull of the Mosquito without having an adverse affect? I don't want to have problems with the hammer not striking the pin hard enough to make the rounds go off every time.

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I came across this post earlier this morning but waited to see if anyone else would come up with any info.

Dave, the way I see it you can do one of two things. Give the fine guys at Grayguns a call and get a trigger job/reliability package, or just keep shooting the snot out of it. My DA trigger is horrible but the SA pull has smoothed out and feels lighter than when the gun was new.

I recently measured the trigger pull on my Skeeter with a Lyman Digital trigger pull gage and the SA pull broke consistently at 5.6 lbs. The gage maxes out at 12 or 14lbs (cant remember which) but either way the DA pull was over that so who knows where it breaks. The gun had about 7,000 rounds through it at the time of the test.

I might pick up one of those bridge mounts myself. I just bought a nice 22lr rifle scope that is compact enough to work on the skeeter and it looks like it would be fun. I have also been thinking about picking up a Ruger Charger since ammo prices are getting to be ridiculous and show no sign of going down. I am shooting mostly 22lr these days but still enjoying it.

Hey guys,

Can you buy just the mount/bridge for the mosquito from Sig less the red dot scope?
Sorry,don't mean to Hi-jack the thread!

Thanks

Please do join in. If it deals with the Mosquito then it fits nicely. The only place I have found that sells the Bridge Mount by its self was a place in New Zealand. On this side of the world I haven't found any so far. The red dot seems to be fairly nice. The dot got bigger as I turned up the brightness. I just haven't put it on the gun yet. I did put a NCStar scope that I got at a gun show and it works great. Now that I'm looking at the box it is a 2.5X30E. You can light up this thing or shoot it with it off. I'm shooting indoors and have not needed to really turn it on yet. I guess the battery is still fine. The lens is quite clear too. It does help to clean it once in a while. My biggest complaint is that I'm always a little off on the scope after cleaning the gun. This is because I have to remove it to field strip it.

I tried something and so far it seems to make the trigger very crisp and lighter on single and double action as well. Not great but improved.

I removed the grips and sprayed some dry teflon around the hammer (main) spring. I was using Gunk liquid wrench dry-lube with PTFE. This also cleaned any junk out as well. Blow dry with canned air. Then removed the de-cocking spring and lever. Using the same Gunk spray I cleaned/lubed what I could in that opening and used the canned air again. I lubed what ever I could reach with the brush that comes with the KG10 moly. This is a dry lube suspended in some fast drying liquid. For good measure I lubed the main spring and shaft as much as I could. I place a little moly on the side grip where the de-cocking lever rides as well. I put everything back together and it seems to improve the trigger. The de-cocking lever works very nice too.

At least it is cheap and fairly easy to do this. I will know for sure after I fire the next few hundred rounds to see how everything works.

I bought the Target Package. The bridge mount is perfect but the red dot it self is junk. You can not see the DOT until brightness #5 and if you turn it higher you can just barely see the Dot outside.

I kept the bridge mount and bought a Bushnell Trophy Red/Green (selectable) dot with 4 reticules each.

It is very bright on setting 1. The diameter is larger but you get rings with it and they fit the bridge mount.

This sight is AWESOME. It was about $89 and well worth it. Check it out.

The mosquito is a great gun. After my learning curve with it I One Shot Spray Lub all the ammo and can shoot 450 rounds of Federal Bulk and Mini Mags without ANY failures.

Good Luck!!!

Does the Grays MAP reduce the DA trigger pull to something in the realm of reasonable as well?

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Originally posted by Georgeair:
Does the Grays MAP reduce the DA trigger pull to something in the realm of reasonable as well?

I have read that Grays work will reduce the trigger pull a little on single and double action. I haven't gotten back to the range yet to see how long the cleanup and lubrication I did will last. I hope it is going to work out. I know it is working easier now but then again I haven't put any rounds through it yet.

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Originally posted by Johnjjk:
I bought the Target Package. The bridge mount is perfect but the red dot it self is junk. You can not see the DOT until brightness #5 and if you turn it higher you can just barely see the Dot outside.

I kept the bridge mount and bought a Bushnell Trophy Red/Green (selectable) dot with 4 reticules each.

It is very bright on setting 1. The diameter is larger but you get rings with it and they fit the bridge mount.

This sight is AWESOME. It was about $89 and well worth it. Check it out.

The mosquito is a great gun. After my learning curve with it I One Shot Spray Lub all the ammo and can shoot 450 rounds of Federal Bulk and Mini Mags without ANY failures.

Good Luck!!!

Since I didn't try the red dot that came with the bridge yet, I guess it did the right thing first in putting on a scope. The dot might be alright for shooting at the indoor range. For out side I guess either the scope or trying something like you got will be better. Not all optics are created equal.

I will have to see if any place around here has one shot. If not then I guess I will have to go on line. Since it is a reloading lubricant there shouldn't be any of the problems you get with any oil based products.

After applying the one shot do the rounds feel much different? Will I have to worry about dropping them easily when trying to load magazines? I have a few other .22 pistols and this might be useful in them. My Mosquito is now feeding the ammo I like to use pretty good now but something simple like adding one shot in a sandwich bag might be better as well.

Do you get any additional fouling using One Shot?

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Originally posted by Johnjjk:
I bought the Target Package. The bridge mount is perfect but the red dot it self is junk. You can not see the DOT until brightness #5 and if you turn it higher you can just barely see the Dot outside.

I have the Sig bridge/red dot package as well and agree with Johnjjk's evaluation of the scope. It simply can't be used outside in the sunlight, while other dot scopes I've used on other folk's guns work just fine. I will say I believe the Sig red dot is just fine for indoor range use.

I also don't like the idea of having to take the bridge off every time I clean the gun (unless I'm missing something). So, I've just about given up on using a scope with the Skeeter. Someone may soon get a very slightly used Sig scope accessory kit pretty cheap.

Mississippi Dave,

The stuff to use is Hornady's One Shot. I read about it months ago and just recently used it on my Mosquito rounds.
I posted this last week. .22LR ammo varies all over the place. Mini Mags shoot perfectly, but many of the boxes are over waxed. You can see the wax on the in side of the box. These rounds don't feed well because wax builds up on the gun's feed ramp and rounds go in high. Sig Customer Service says that is a problem. And to my SUPRISE, CCI said, "Yes We Sometimes Have Too Much Wax". They say to send them back and they will "fix" them but this is a hassle.

The aerosol dries up leaving the round lubricated. Remington Bulk sometimes would fteject, but after spraying, I shoot 100 rounds perfectly. The same with Mini Mags and Federal Bulk.

I just put them is a sandwich bag, mix and put them back in the carton or box. I don't feel anything different with the rounds. I just do not like to clear jams while shooting, especially rapid fire.

What sight did you put on your Mosquito?

Good Luck from New Jersey

I put on a NCStar 2.5X30E scope. It is pretty clear and can be illuminated if needed. I have it mounted as far to the rear as I can put it. I have just cleaned the barrel and wiped down the chamber when I didn't feel like taking the mount off a few times. That works too. Since I do shoot a few hundred rounds at a time I don't like to go more then 6 to 800 rounds without field stripping the gun. I have been just resting the butt of the gun on a carpet covered bench top at the range and sighting it in at 20 to 25 yards then moving the target to 15 yards and making lots of nice holes in the paper. I can go through several hundred rounds easily doing this. If I don't like the groups very much I erase them using a 9mm Sig P226. One or 2 magazines and the erasure is completed.

I took the Mosquito to the range today. I will say not having enough sleep last night didn't help my shooting. I thought I would post a 10 round group. This was at 15 yards. I'm not sure how much was me and how much was the gun. I think the group shape says it was more me. The coin is a quarter.


Since I was planning to field strip and clean the gun today I didn't worry too much about the gun hitting high and left.

I only shot about 200 rounds today in the Mosquito. The dry teflon followed by some Moly under the slide release and on the main spring did help the trigger. Even after 200 rounds the feel is still the same. It is running smooth and zero jamming of any kind. If I had a little more rest first maybe I would even hit the target a little better.

Mississippi Dave that is not bad shooting for 15 yards. Many people trash the Mosquito and claim it is not capable of tight groups but once you get used to the gun and its trigger it is really quite accurate. Two weeks ago I shot a sub 1/2 inch group off hand with my Mosquito at 11 yards.

The Mosquito usually gets compared to Browning Buckmarks or Ruger MKIIIs which often have longer barrels and much lighter out of box SA triggers. My Grandfathers bone stock Buckmark has a 3.5 lb SA trigger and 5.5 inch barrel. It is no wonder it is easier to get tighter groups with it verses my 4.20 +/- in bbl Skeeter with a 5.4 lb SA trigger.

The Skeeter feels much closer to my 226 and 229 though and thats why I prefer shooting it over the Buckmark. The second strike capability is also nice when shooting cheap bulk 22lr ammo.

I agree. The double strike on cheap ammo is very nice. I had a bad batch once and just about every round needed to be hit twice to go off. They all did finally go off in the end. I'm glad it was only a box of 50. I have shot as many as 40 rounds at 10 yards (I only have 4 magazines)fairly quickly and all under an inch. If I really get sloppy and mess the target up to much I like using the P226 eraser. It will cut out what ever is needed. With the P226 keeping 15 rounds in the 10 ring at 15 yards is very doable even using CCI Blazer alum. case. Most are in the X. I normally use a 2 handed grip strong side for this. One hand off side I will start dropping a few out as far as the 9 ring. I know it is me and not the gun.

You might want to pull the left side grip off and shoot some dry teflon spray around the bottom of the hammer and anything else that moves and is in sight under the grip on your Mosquito. It did drop my trigger pull about 2 lbs on double action and 1 on single. I also hit the main spring too. I think it is now close to what the factory said it should be. I need a better scale to be sure.

Mississippi Dave, would Rem Oil be the right product to spray on the bottom of the hammer and trigger components?

stickman428,

You mentioned in a previous post about using the tall front sight in the mosquito. I made that change last weekend………. It’s shooting consistent TEN RINGS now, thanks’ for the post.

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Originally posted by stickman428:
Mississippi Dave, would Rem Oil be the right product to spray on the bottom of the hammer and trigger components?

There were to types of Remoil if I recall right. One in a bottle and one in a spray. The spray I think was the one that went on wet and dried fast leaving only the Teflon behind. That is the kind of Teflon spray to use. While it is still in the wet stage I did move the hammer as much as I could to work the stuff in good. Also a good shot to the main spring while you are at it.

It isn't very hard to do and so far is working pretty good for me. Shooting another 1000 rounds will tell. It might take another month for that to happen. The summer heat makes long sessions a little harder.

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Originally posted by dog289:
stickman428,

You mentioned in a previous post about using the tall front sight in the mosquito. I made that change last weekend………. It’s shooting consistent TEN RINGS now, thanks’ for the post.

Minor changes seem to make the best differences for me. If it is shooting low put on a lower front sight and if it is shooting high put on a higher front sight. I would rather aim a little low than too high. At least then I can line up under the target still seeing it and hit the mark.

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Good luck hitting one of those lilttle rascals!

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Originally posted by Jagman:
Good luck hitting one of those lilttle rascals!

You just have to be very very quiet.