The Slide on my Sig Mosquito failed catastrophically today..

[Stradawhovious]

A little JB weld should fix that right up.


But I would think that Sig would want to know about it so they can give you a new one.

And if they don't, make sure the rest of us hear about it. Well, I would like it if you kept us informed either way.

[gyrfalcon]

A little JB weld should fix that right up.

It could be one of the "Monthly Info Sessions"..

[rukwikenuf]

wow! i guess that the 22 i get wont be a SIG. i LOVE SIG, but that's just FUBAR! when it's time for me to get a 22, i'll go with a Single Six or Single Ten, revolvers are much more simple, and Ruger has been making them since Christ walked the Earth

[Shipyard]

i've heard more than a share of horror stories about sig customer service - please do keep us informed on how they take care of you. what i've heard has actually kept me from buying new sigs...

my opinion - there are only 2 types of 22 auto pistols worth the $$ and time - Ruger Mark series (incl 22/45) and the walther P22 if it's smoothed out. both great guns, ultra reliable and good ol fun.

i never liekd the mosquito - too damn flimsey to have the sig name on the side of it.

[gyrfalcon]

Browning Buckmarks are pretty good too IMHO...

[Dill]

i've heard more than a share of horror stories about sig customer service - please do keep us informed on how they take care of you. what i've heard has actually kept me from buying new sigs...

my opinion - there are only 2 types of 22 auto pistols worth the $$ and time - Ruger Mark series (incl 22/45) and the walther P22 if it's smoothed out. both great guns, ultra reliable and good ol fun.

i never liekd the mosquito - too damn flimsey to have the sig name on the side of it.

the Walthers are known to crack the slides too.

[Snowgun]

i've heard more than a share of horror stories about sig customer service - please do keep us informed on how they take care of you. what i've heard has actually kept me from buying new sigs...

my opinion - there are only 2 types of 22 auto pistols worth the $$ and time - Ruger Mark series (incl 22/45) and the walther P22 if it's smoothed out. both great guns, ultra reliable and good ol fun.

i never liekd the mosquito - too damn flimsey to have the sig name on the side of it.

the Walthers are known to crack the slides too.

Till I see one I'm in the Walther camp. You have to keep up on the cleaning for sure, but if you do they work great.

[Dill]

I saw one in person, and when I googled 'Walther P22 cracked slide' I was pretty surprised at the amount of people with the same problem. Still a damn fun gun to shoot though.

[gyrfalcon]

I saw one in person, and when I googled 'Walther P22 cracked slide' I was pretty surprised at the amount of people with the same problem. Still a damn fun gun to shoot though.

... I've seen a lot of the MIM .22LR revolvers crack and break. I sent back a S&W 22A because the frame cracked all the way down through the trigger guard.

On the smaller caliber pistols the quality control seems to be lacking with a lot of manufacturers.

[Dill]

thanks for the welcome


Aren't the Walther P22 and the S&W 22 the same gun?

[mmcnx2]

I'll second the Ruger as a great 22 I love mine, but if money is not an issue my Smith Model 41 is just plain art.

[45Badger]

Sig Mosquitos and Walther P22s are made with cheap metal. After Sig makes it right, buy a Ruger or a Browning.

[rockcreek]

The Sig Mosquito, along with the Walther P22, and the new S&W M&P 22 are all made by Umarex (yes, the airsoft gun company). If you want an accurate, reliable .22 auto, get a Ruger or Browning. If you want a duty type gun, pony up the cash for a P220 in .22, a CZ Kadet, or a Kimber 1911 conversion slide.

[Seismic Sam]

The part about some of these 22 autos being made by Airsoft is pretty unsettling....

I'll just hang onto my Smith stainless K-frame 617 - I don't think the metal on that thing is going to give out, considering how close it is to the L-frame 357 mag...

[sharpshot71]

I'm not a SIG fan, but my Berrettas have also had failure issues, after 50,000 rounds on same slide, on a pre-production test model.

VERY GOOD PICTURES - they show the cause of failure clearly - SIG should not have an issue with this failure.

The failure occured exactly where and how I would have expected it to, which leads me to believe it is a design issue, not a quality control issue. As OldmanFCSA said, that corner is a large stress concentration.

To the OP, was this thousands of rounds in the 3-5 thousand range? Or in the 30-40 thousand range? I could maybe understand if it is 40k rounds. That is probably a pretty high number for the type of material and process that frame is made from. If it failed that way after 3k rounds, then it was a huge design failure.

Either way, I would say that if they send you a replacement slide with no design changes, it will probably fail in about the same amount of time. It could be marginally better/worse depending on casting quality of that particular slide.