Ok, an update:
I'll try and get a photo up at some point (trying to find my 'good' camera) but I took my KGP-69 to the range on Saturday. I had picked it up on Friday from my local shop, cleaned it, and oiled it. I picked up some CCI Tactical ammunition (.22LR at 1200 fps, $26 for 375 rounds). I have not tried standard velocity but had heard from others that they would not work the action very well so I wanted to try something that was marginally less high velocity than Mini Mags (at 1235 fps). The Tacticals are copper plated round nose 40 grain and I had no problems with stovepipes or failures to fire, eject, or anything else. Worked like a charm.
I went down to my local range on Saturday and put 120 rounds through my Erma KGP-69 (it is smaller than an actual Luger and smaller than the LA22 or EP22 or earlier Erma models). This thing is bloody heavy for its size, whilst the grip and part of the frame are alloy I found the barrel, receiver, toggle assembly, and the rest were steel (there was a magnetic attraction). It's quite heavy considering how tiny it looked when I first picked it up. I put 120 rounds through the pistol in an hour and had fairly good groupings and there was hardly any recoil, as to be expected. It's a fun little plinker and I wish there was something in between standard velocity and this 1200 fps stuff, though. I'll try some standard velocity next time if I can find a small box in case it doesn't work well.
I either got lucky or maybe the KGP-69 .22 LR is far more reliable than the full size .22 variants. My serial number incidentally is 311644 and I paid $299.99 for it.
Michael
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