[ithacaartist]

Thanks. As you know, it's about the challenge. The main part of it is that the design of the darned things presents what I believe is a very narrow set of criteria for spring balance. Despite being mass-produced, it seems to me that individual examples present different degrees of friction in their mechanisms. And different individual springs provide slightly different tension/resistance. It takes a bit of detective work to methodically go through different combinations to optimize dependability of function--which still may not be 100%. Another enthusiast I encountered in my quest for sound replacement parts told me that he'd tamed a Sterling .22, finally through ammo selection, so I know I'm not the only guy out there exploring this stuff. Our Lugerdoc is another who's worked with them for a while, and stocks some of the parts. And I believe some of the experience is very adaptable to diagnosis of Luger functional antics, so not a total loss if I eventually tire of putzing with the Ermas. Well, the early ones, anyway.

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