Cheapshooter
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To me NIB would have to be no handling marks, all items originally shipped from the manufacturer. Including owner's manual, warranty registration card, advertising, and original packaging material.
NIB to me means it was never fired and never sold to/bought by an individual and it goes without saying it comes with EVERYTHING it does when bought new. Cable locks, manuals, page to apply for warranty, spent casings if provided, test targets if provided,mags, all interchangeable backstraps, aforementioned items still in ziploc bags if applicable, E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G!
LNIB is all a private user can sell as IMO.
IF I buy a car from a dealer, can I then sell it to you as new? Not unless I'm a dealer. Same goes for guns in my book. Can I sell it as Like New? Surely, but new? Not a chance in hell I am buying a gun at a new price, or expecting it to be same as new from an individual.
I've bought new and the guns still had some scratches on them. i don't know that I would equate scratches with wear, I would have to evaluate it on a case by case basis.