My friend erma

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No I'm not talking about a stereotypical ditzy blond from the old film & tv show but an ERMA La 22 I acquired just recently and took to the range today.

Considering all that I've read here and on many other sites I got very very lucky in the one I bought (amazingly almost lotto winning lucky!)! I took it to the range this morning and except for a couple of no load actuations (literally the first two shots) it ran flawlessly through 125 rounds without a jam or any other type of firing issue (I kid you not!).

I did follow David Parker's (ithacaartist) advice to the letter and disassembled it and cleaned it thoroughly & oiled it liberally. I also only ran subsonic (SK Pistol Match) & CCI Minimags through it which my range carried. You'll see from the pic below of the ammo & it's box the SK Pistol Match is just lead but is oiled, I ran these first because they were subsonic 40 grain. The first 2 actuated the togle but did not load another round, after that it ran flawlessly for the rest of my stay! I only loaded 5 rounds in what is a 10 round magazine that first time after that I was loading 10 and then unloading them into what was accuracy that riveled my Springfield 1911-A1 with it's Kimber 22 Coversion slide & mag. My 1911 in that configuration loves only high velocity (seen in the pic below) as Kimber recommends & it works well but accuracy wise this 47 year old Erma puts it to SHAME! Not quite as good as a Ruger MKIII but very respectable!

OK it's not a Luger as my 1917 DWM that I have but the similarity in size, feel & has a good level in similarity in look I am happy with my purchase! Funny enough it actually also came with a holster (I'll take a pic of it & put it up) that I guess came with them. The holster does have an extra mag pouch but they only had one mag left but it is a good one, pictured on the left below. The one on the right is one I purchased from Bob's Gun Shop online but I'm going to have to send it back because even though it looks very similar it wont even go all the way in and I'm certainly not going to force it!