Had my guns taken away in nj

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I ended up getting my guns back. They were all badly rusted from the poor storage conditions. The finish on my 870 was trash and the barrel had heavy rust inside and out. My 700 finish only had a few small spots of rust on the finish, and heavy rust in the barrel and chamber. My 1911 was rusty all around except for the barrel which is stainless, and the frame started pitting in a few spots. I had my 870 cleaned up and reblued by a smith for $250. I cleaned up the few rust spots on the 700 and brushed out the bore and chamber, so that looks perfect again. Now my 1911 I took alot of rust off but there's pitting and the finish will definately need to be redone if I keep it. The whole ordeal was such bs:cuss:
 
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What the hell did they do, store 'em in a bucket of water? Glad you got them back, but damn. :mad:
 
I'm guessing they peed on them before locking 'em up. Or maybe this happens enough that they keep a windex bottle of saltwater handy in the evidence room.

Pitting on stainless steel is a pretty good indication of salt (chloride) damage.
 
I ended up getting my guns back. They were all badly rusted from the poor storage conditions.

I would have totally filed a lawsuit against the police. Then bought some better guns with the money. :evil:
 
Living in the land of lawsuits .. i´d definitely make them pay for rebluing ...
 
i would have taken pictures of them while still int he police station

then filed papers to take them to court and have them pay to ahve them refinished
 
Maybe you should consider having your mother or father cover the cost, since they're the reason the whole thing went down.

It may sound cold but you were a third party.
 
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