Grading surplus arms

[Joe Boleo]

This is a topic that often amazes me. I called a gun shop to ask about surplus rifles and they had gotten in a few. I asked about the condition and was told all were "about 80 percent guns." I went to the shop and saw the rifles and was disappointed. At best, they were NRA good and showed signs of serious rusting and were really dinged up. The rifles are still sitting on the used gun racks. Not sure what they meant by 80 percent guns.

It would be helpful if folks used the NRA grading system for firearms. The NRA has established standards they we can understand and agree mean certain things. I have attached a link that might be helpful. Take care...
Joe

http://armchairgunshow.com/Condition-NRA-Guns.htm

[Gil Martin]

You raise a valid point. I get confused by some of the vague terms used to describe the condition of surplus arms. All the best...
Gil

[denton]

For your convenience, I have exactly the grading scale you've requested:

Strong bore: Unable to bend the barrel with bare hands.

Bright bore: Shine a light in one end, and it comes out the other.

Collectible: I don't have the nerve to shoot it, so it's just for looking at.

Real tack driver: If you use the butt to pound in the tack.

Hand selected: Used my right hand to select the next item in the stack.

Never before imported: Nobody else wanted them either.

Rare: Unpopular.

Never before at this price: Trying to finally unload them.

Still in arsenal wrap: We have no idea what the actual condition is. We hope the arsenal wasn't wrapping their rejects that day.