[ithacaartist]

Thanks Rich, this helps to show folks that there are big differences between these .22 pistols. Not having paid much attention to the Stoeger design, I've noticed that it has many more internal parts than the Erma. More parts = more stuff to potentially go wrong, as a rule of thumb. But then again, the Ermas are able to achieve significant issues in operation, regardless of having fewer components to interact!

The Erma Ep- and La-22 have differences in trigger, trigger bar, sear and its housing and release, safety mechanism, and striker, and these parts are not interchangeable between models.