Hi all,

 I'd like to get as many broken, bent, busted, burnt, rusted, blown up, basket cases, damaged and/or totally fubared guns & ammo as I can for investigative studies and to use in the production of gunsmith training videos and the development of specialty tools.  Handguns, long guns, and NJ non-compliant guns are fine.  Yes, I’m an FFL01.  Yes, I’m looking for free stuff.  Monmouth County preferred (for now) to arrange for in-person pickup or drop off to avoid shipping costs.  Comments and questions welcome.  Thanks in advance.

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Ladies & Gentlemen,

The first two treasures have landed.  An Iver Johnson TP22 semi-auto pistol with a frame that’s broken in half and a Harrington and Richardson 5-shot, 38 S&W top-break revolver that needs to be re-nickel plated and have a flat spring made for the latch that locks the frame closed.  Haven’t torn into the H&R yet to see if anything is amiss inside.  A big thank you to the forum member that provided the goods for Firearm Forensic Files #1 and #2!  A stainless Marlin 1895 45-70 Guide gun with an exploded barrel is due in this week.  That will be Firearm Forensic File #3.  Next up - I’m gonna try and figure out how to do decent video tutorials to document the complete teardown process for each firearm that comes in.  I’ve noticed on YouTube and Rumble that the majority of teardown videos aren’t complete disassemblies and are more geared towards a field strip and clean.  There seems to be a lack of tutorials for “How to disassemble (and reassemble) the bolt in my ……” and the typical owner’s manual doesn’t get into that much detail.  Anybody want photos posted here as things progress?