How to fix a bent barrel extension?

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by Olle

...BTW: I don’t agree with your statement about the Erma “Luger” being the second crankiest gun. It is the crankiest gun ever. If it’s of any consolation, I have broken some of those Zamak parts too, so my way of straightening Erma parts nowadays is to throw them away and buy new parts.

Olle, I was referring to the Ep.22 as Erma's second crankiest gun. The all-time "winner" for being a little bi*ch is their La.22. I think the improvements in the Ep.22 trigger system and extra weight of its firing pin result in fewer FTF than the La model. All the models from the 60s are good for practice in clearing jams, adjusting mag lips, and dialing in ammunition according to the relationship the round's power has in affecting the action as it functions! Failure to feed, failure to fire, stovepipes--empty and unfired, failure to eject, are all part of the "fun" of these early guns. I've had slam-fire, ignition of multiple rounds in full-auto fashion, and I've even experienced the entire bottom blowing off the .22 rimfire round, creating a tube open on both ends! One may well wonder how these things could have ever worked!

My faves are the downsized KGP series. These are all steel, save the grip frame, itself. There is no motion, and no particular stress during functioning between the Zamak frame and the steel upper, except for takedown and re-assembly. The only reasonable worry in this case would be dropping the gun, in that the frame will break more easily than one of steel. These guns, .22 cal for the KGP69s, .32 and .380 for the KGP68(a)s, are much better built and finished than their predecessors, La, Ep, and Et.22s, which are predominantly die-cast construction; and they work better, too.