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
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.
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