Agreed that almost all of the .22 caliber Luger copy guns are mostly problematical, badly out of proportion to the original Luger shape, and poorly made of inferior metals, with one exception.
The smaller Erma KGP series of guns are all steel, and quality made, the .22 cal. KGP69 being of course a blow-back, but using a true toggle action, and having a nearly exact scaled profile to the P08. The internal design of the trigger and sear is more typical and lacks the P08 side plate and sear, both sides of the KGP69 looking the same, and similar to the right side of a P08. The designers kept the basic look of the Luger intact.
I have several of these German Erma KGP69 guns, the best being those made during the years when they were imported by Excam in Hialeah, FL., and not to be confused with the larger Erma .22 Luger copies designated LA22, EP22, etc. Those larger Ermas are, as John said, problematical like most Stoeger examples.
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