Erma ELG 10 Winchester Rifle

[45flint]

This rifle probably needs no review because I read two excellent reviews before I bought it last week. They both gave me insight that this would be a rifle I would love to own. Tom Gaylord in his blog: https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2013...-10-air-rifle/ and John Milewski in Airgun World November of 2017.

What I love to collect are airguns that look and feel like a real firearm. Haenel 28, Tell 3 are examples. The Erma looks and feels just like a Winchester 22 lever action rifle I used to own. As reviewed this rifle is built like a firearm, it would pass for one till you have to load it. I read that Beeman imported less than 100 into the US so they are a rare find. I have only seen one since I started to collect about 4 years ago. Then a couple weeks ago I saw one on a auction site. As I was searching google for information I saw another one for sale at a gun shop. What are the odds! The stocks on these are beech and beech can have a lot of variation in grain patterns. I thought the grain pattern on the one in the gun shop was far superior and would pass for walnut, so I made a bid close to where I thought the auction was headed and they accepted. Just received it and it Chronyed at 625 FPS with Hobbys, about right. Here are pics of mine:

https://imgur.com/gallery/3xdVPTo

I know that the current rage is CO2 firearm copies, but are there any other airguns of firearm quality that mimic the real thing?

Curious what the highest serial number is out there, John’s in Air World was 1442, mines in the 400’s?