Erma ELG 10 Winchester Rifle

[45flint]

what a lovely gun.
Well done.

I have enjoyed every part of this thread so much I will be looking to find one of these for my own garden plinking collection.
So...
...if anyone knows of one available (and in virtually any condition - happy to take on a project)...
...PLEASE let me know!

These are perfect for backyard shooting, don’t know why people can’t appreciate lower power masterpieces, especially in this country. Neighbors can’t object and all I want to do is put a hole in paper. You do feel your holding a Winchester, I know I used to own one. Yes there are better target rifles but who cares, for a few moments I’m a cowboy. Lol

[45flint]

Actually accuracy is very good but the trigger pull is a little tuff. This is 25 feet with the small circle about the size of a dime, little bigger than 1/2 inch.

[Shed tuner]

They are very nice guns, good to see it back to full working order

[Troubledshooter]

They are very nice guns, good to see it back to full working order

Hope yours is working well.

[Shed tuner]

Hope yours is working well.

very well thanks

[45flint]

Final thoughts on the Erma after being inside. “Shed Tuner” said above, “it's basically a pistol powerplant - 22mm piston and a pretty short stroke. The std spring is actually a little OTT for the swept volume IMHO”.

I was struck by how small the piston is and the stoke seemed about 1/2 of the piston length. Your not moving a lot of air. As said above you are firing a pistol power plant in a rifle. Below is the piston next to a Haenel 28 which most of you can relate to. The Haenel piston is a little bigger in diameter? It’s the longer spring that helps get any power out of this rifle. Not that it matters for me but I can see in its day why it was a tuff sell.

[Mach 1.5]

A friend of mine will be taking one of these nice rifles to sell at the Springer bash in Sept. Mach 1.5

[Garvin]

Congratulations on the repair, Steve. Very interesting seeing the internal parts. Full marks to you for persisting with it. It would have been a terrible shame to see it reduced to a wall hanger - as you say, it's a great plinker.

Fascinating when renowned firearms companies venture briefly into airgun manufacture. Westley Richards before WW1, W W Greener, Cogswell & Harrison and Remington in the 1920s(?), Heym in the 1950s, Smith & Wesson in the 1960/70s(?), Sterling in the 1980s, Probably others too?