Now considering what rhuff said about his Ermas not functioning on subsonics (and mine seemed delighted with them) perhaps I should elaborate on the "oiling" of my Erma.
Maybe rhuff, David & others are already doing this with theirs but when it comes to lubricating my guns (especially my 1911's) I had shied away from gun grease in the past few years and have been using purely advanced gun oil. From what I had read and been told grease can too easily collect dirt & grit (causing issues) and that using only some advanced gun oil (including on my semi-autos slides) was much better.
When I first pulled apart this Erma I had purchased (which had belonged to a man in his 80's who had recently died) I noticed a black dry gritty grease that seemed to me like some type of graphite grease. Someone else had told me that it may have been Brownell's Action Lube he was using. All I know is one of his grandchildren told me he Never had a problem with it working properly.
So when I took it apart, cleaned it & reassembled I did use advanced gun oil but on the slide, breechblock, rear toggle, and other areas I used some Shooter's choice I still had from years ago at the bottom of my gun cleaning tool box.
Maybe it is just an excellent working example of an Erma La 22 or maybe it's the fact that he was using a grease liberally in the action that made it function so well!
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