Erma 22 M1 carbines - Anyone shot one?

[imarangemaster]

With the cost of ammo, I find that I have resurrected my 38 year old Ruger 10-22 for more plinking. It feels much like the the M1 carbine (no accident) but the sights are nothing like it. I know this is a Mil-Surp collector forum, but does anyone here have experience with the out of production Erma 22 LR M1 carbine clone? It seems like it would point, sight, and shoot like an updated M1. I am considering getting the bucks together to get one for a cheap M1 Carbine shooting fix. I see them occasionally.

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[gunner]

Hi rangemaster,

we shoot this carbine for fun it is a nice little rifle with a good accuracy and at our gundealers shop are 4 of them. The expensivest one for €80 in $ 114.

Regards

Gunner

[PBI]

I own two one I shoot which is great and performs excellent and I was lucky to find one new in the box that I want shoot. They are fun to plink with, and squirrels and chip monks in my yard fear it! LOL

[imarangemaster]

Vielen Danke, Herr Gunner! Sind sie Bayerisch, oder Auslander?

[gunner]

Hallo, ich bin Bayer ! Und woher können Sie so gut Deutsch ?

Grüße

Gunner

[imarangemaster]

Mine Grossvater und Grossmuetter war aus Oesterreich. Auch ich studeiren (sp?) Deutsch im Hochschule fur drei Jahren 1967-1970. Im 2006, ich fahren nach Oesterreich mit ein Reisengruppe.

Sorry, my spelling and grammar are terrible. While I was fairly fluent after high school, I have only used it occasionally when in law enforcement with German tourists or on several trips to Europe. Salzburg was the only place that the dialect was incomprehensible to me, though.

BTW, That is really inexpensive there. Ermas are now going for dang near as much as real M1s here. Probably because of M1 carbine adicts like me looking for cheaper shooting.

[imarangemaster]

I own two one I shoot which is great and performs excellent and I was lucky to find one new in the box that I want shoot. They are fun to plink with, and squirrels and chip monks in my yard fear it! LOL

LUCKY!

I have a few rabbits in my garden every year. I want to do "rabbit clearing" with the Ruger .22, but my wife says my grandson will never forgive Papa for shooting his "Bunnies"!

[gunner]

Your German skills are good. Law enforcement, interesting job. What do you do at there? The reason for the prices is that they changed the gun laws. In the 70`s everybody couldt buy a .22 rifle. Now you need a license and a safe. That is very expensive for rifles with them the most of the owners shot years ago. So they sell this rifles and my gundealer said " With the wood from those rifles i can keep my oven warm for the whole winter". I`ll look for a nice one and buy him. The ammo is also really cheap. The last offer was a 1000 rounds chest for $30.

Regards

Gunner

[imarangemaster]

I was full time Law enforcement for 20 years, after 5 years military. I did patrol, tactics and training, rangemaster, armorer, field training Officer, and Criminal Investigator, My specialty was Sex crimes and Child Abuse, but also did robbery-homicide. I was at a Sheriff's Office not too far from Yosemite, and we had lots of German tourist there. I actually used my German to interview a married couple from Munchen that were witnesses to a suicide staged as a homicide to get insurance for the family. I could not think of the correct German word for Detective when I introduced myself, so I said "Ich bin gleich Sherlock Holmes!" They understood that.

I retired in 1998 after 20 years because of a severe back injury and surgery I suffered fighting an addict on PCP. My back is shot and my legs don't always work right. Oh well, I went back to school for 3 1/2 years to be a History Teacher, and now teach in an inner city North Saint Louis, MO school.

Auf Wiedersehen!

[gunner]

Thank you, for this really interesting details from your life. Its always nice to know a little from the persons you write posts and share the same hobby. Your Sherlock Holmes thing was a great idea. The word for Detective is Kommisar. I hope that i can visit Yosemite National Park someday, must be great at there. I was at the army in the Mountains Division and now i am responsible for the interiors from very expensive cars here in Bavaria.

Auf Wiedersehen bis bald

Gunner