Erma La22

azgunnut · 06-15-2008, 10:13 PM

I know this gun isn't a real Luger, but is there anyone out there with info on this pistol? Is it worth $300 in good shape?

davidkachel · 06-16-2008, 04:11 PM

Step 1. Take a really awful design for a .22 pistol, then make it much, much worse.
Step 2. Make it look sorta-kinda like a Luger, from across the room, with your glasses off, kinda squinting.
Step 3. Sell thousands of these stupid pieces of worthless crap to unsuspecting would-be Luger fans.

$300, definitely not. $100, maybe, if in mint condition, to the right um 'collector'. MAYBE! But definitely not to me, not even for $3!

George Anderson · 06-16-2008, 04:51 PM

I bought one at the local hardware store when I was a kid. Really cool! Took it to the county dump to shoot and went directly back to the hardware store and traded it against an H&R .22 cal revolver.

The latter ain't worth much these days but the Erma wasn't worth sh!t then and still isn't.

azgunnut · 06-16-2008, 11:38 PM

Thanks for the input. You kept me from making a big mistake.

RGMCE · 07-13-2008, 09:36 PM

Melting it down into a puddle of zinc alloy is worth more than the gun. I understand Ralph Nader carries one. It's SAFE because it never shoots.

Aaron · 07-15-2008, 11:18 AM

Took one in on a multi gun trade deal a while ago. Believe me, I didn't want anything to do with it, but it just couldn't be avoided. Thought I had a new paperweight, but it was in mint condition so I thought I would try it out. Unbelievable! Functions perfectly, never a hangup in a few hundred rounds of common bulk .22 ammo. So maybe they aren't all bad.

RGMCE · 07-15-2008, 10:56 PM

It appears your gun somehow got by the Inverted Quality Control inspectors. Mine would "stove pipe"or partially eject regardless what ammunition it was fed. I traded lt for several boxes of donuts.

06-15-2008, 10:13 PM	#1
azgunnut User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Erma La22 I know this gun isn't a real Luger, but is there anyone out there with info on this pistol? Is it worth $300 in good shape?

06-16-2008, 04:11 PM	#2
davidkachel User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 784 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Step 1. Take a really awful design for a .22 pistol, then make it much, much worse. Step 2. Make it look sorta-kinda like a Luger, from across the room, with your glasses off, kinda squinting. Step 3. Sell thousands of these stupid pieces of worthless crap to unsuspecting would-be Luger fans. $300, definitely not. $100, maybe, if in mint condition, to the right um 'collector'. MAYBE! But definitely not to me, not even for $3! __________________ A heroin habit would be cheaper.

06-16-2008, 04:51 PM	#3
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	I bought one at the local hardware store when I was a kid. Really cool! Took it to the county dump to shoot and went directly back to the hardware store and traded it against an H&R .22 cal revolver. The latter ain't worth much these days but the Erma wasn't worth sh!t then and still isn't.

06-16-2008, 11:38 PM	#4
azgunnut User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the input. You kept me from making a big mistake.

07-13-2008, 09:36 PM	#5
RGMCE User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 30 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Melting it down into a puddle of zinc alloy is worth more than the gun. I understand Ralph Nader carries one. It's SAFE because it never shoots.

07-15-2008, 11:18 AM	#6
Aaron Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vista, CA Posts: 1,008 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	Took one in on a multi gun trade deal a while ago. Believe me, I didn't want anything to do with it, but it just couldn't be avoided. Thought I had a new paperweight, but it was in mint condition so I thought I would try it out. Unbelievable! Functions perfectly, never a hangup in a few hundred rounds of common bulk .22 ammo. So maybe they aren't all bad.

07-15-2008, 10:56 PM	#7
RGMCE User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 30 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It appears your gun somehow got by the Inverted Quality Control inspectors. Mine would "stove pipe"or partially eject regardless what ammunition it was fed. I traded lt for several boxes of donuts.