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>Contact your local firearms dealers- they might let you borrow one.
Failing that, look in the >newspapers for one on sale; under $800 depending
on the configuration. Chas

This advice would work if it weren't illegal. An anti-"assault" weapon gun
bill was passed by the New Jersey State Legislature in the early 1990s. The
AR-15 is officially classed as an 'assault' weapon and can't be sold by a
local firearms dealer nor purchased by the museum.

Here's my standard plea: Please, Please, Please confirm the legality and/or
appropriateness of any advice you receive on any open forum such as a
listserve. 

Diane Gutenkauf