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Shadowsix · 05-23-2012, 01:01 AM

Thanks David & rhuff! Don't worry I have no intention of using any high velocity in the Erma, just the subsonic & CCI minimags.

I didn't even try them in it at the range yesterday, only the Kimber .22LR conversion for my 1911 gets the HVs (as Kimber recommends).

Thank you Myron! I will pose that to Bob's Gun Shop as the potential issue with the mag they sold me!

Below are the pics of the holster that came with it, nothing special but cool they even made the effort to make those for it.

Shadowsix · 05-23-2012, 01:24 PM

Now considering what rhuff said about his Ermas not functioning on subsonics (and mine seemed delighted with them) perhaps I should elaborate on the "oiling" of my Erma.

Maybe rhuff, David & others are already doing this with theirs but when it comes to lubricating my guns (especially my 1911's) I had shied away from gun grease in the past few years and have been using purely advanced gun oil. From what I had read and been told grease can too easily collect dirt & grit (causing issues) and that using only some advanced gun oil (including on my semi-autos slides) was much better.

When I first pulled apart this Erma I had purchased (which had belonged to a man in his 80's who had recently died) I noticed a black dry gritty grease that seemed to me like some type of graphite grease. Someone else had told me that it may have been Brownell's Action Lube he was using. All I know is one of his grandchildren told me he Never had a problem with it working properly.

So when I took it apart, cleaned it & reassembled I did use advanced gun oil but on the slide, breechblock, rear toggle, and other areas I used some Shooter's choice I still had from years ago at the bottom of my gun cleaning tool box.

Maybe it is just an excellent working example of an Erma La 22 or maybe it's the fact that he was using a grease liberally in the action that made it function so well!

rhuff · 05-23-2012, 06:02 PM

I consider, as do many folks, CCI MiniMag ammo as high velocity ammo with a muzzle velocity of 1260FPS. Of course, you may do as you choose with your Erma, but if it were mine, I would not use the MiniMags. Your Erma functions with subsonic ammo, so it should likewise function with std. velocity .22 ammo, that it was designed to function on. Again, it is your pistol, and your decision to make.

05-23-2012, 01:24 PM	#2
Shadowsix User Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 106 Thanks: 56 Thanked 26 Times in 18 Posts	Now considering what rhuff said about his Ermas not functioning on subsonics (and mine seemed delighted with them) perhaps I should elaborate on the "oiling" of my Erma. Maybe rhuff, David & others are already doing this with theirs but when it comes to lubricating my guns (especially my 1911's) I had shied away from gun grease in the past few years and have been using purely advanced gun oil. From what I had read and been told grease can too easily collect dirt & grit (causing issues) and that using only some advanced gun oil (including on my semi-autos slides) was much better. When I first pulled apart this Erma I had purchased (which had belonged to a man in his 80's who had recently died) I noticed a black dry gritty grease that seemed to me like some type of graphite grease. Someone else had told me that it may have been Brownell's Action Lube he was using. All I know is one of his grandchildren told me he Never had a problem with it working properly. So when I took it apart, cleaned it & reassembled I did use advanced gun oil but on the slide, breechblock, rear toggle, and other areas I used some Shooter's choice I still had from years ago at the bottom of my gun cleaning tool box. Maybe it is just an excellent working example of an Erma La 22 or maybe it's the fact that he was using a grease liberally in the action that made it function so well!

05-23-2012, 06:02 PM	#3
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,315 Thanks: 2,748 Thanked 998 Times in 733 Posts	I consider, as do many folks, CCI MiniMag ammo as high velocity ammo with a muzzle velocity of 1260FPS. Of course, you may do as you choose with your Erma, but if it were mine, I would not use the MiniMags. Your Erma functions with subsonic ammo, so it should likewise function with std. velocity .22 ammo, that it was designed to function on. Again, it is your pistol, and your decision to make.