Ok, a report update:
After my last cleaning of the Erma after the range I wanted to see if it was the grease I used or that I just have a good example of an Erma La 22.
As I said earlier when I first aquired the Erma & took it apart I found that the prior owner had used a black grease so when I put it back together from it's first cleaning I used some shooter's choice grease (red) I still had in my cleaning tool box.
When I took it to the range I got the results mentioned in my first post (excellent). Then cleaning it after that range outing I decided to try only my advanced gun oil to see how it would run on just that. Good thing I brought the oil with me to the range because before long it was stove piping & other jams and wouldn't run on the subsonic till I poured more oil all through out it (and that would only last a mag or two!)
So then I cleaned it again & lubed it up liberally with the grease (and oil in some places) and WHAM it functioned beautifully again like the first time on my subsequent range outing!
So the point is for my Erma La 22 (and I suspect others) is that they will run beautifully on a good high tech grease (especially the breechblock) & some oil and not on high tech oil alone.
I've now ordered some brownells action lube plus of which I'll try in it next (what I think the last person used & from what I've been told is the best gun grease).
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