[ColdChili]

Is there a way to determine what grade weatherby orion you have? A friend asked me if I would sell it for him and he said that he knows that they came in three grades and didn't know which one it was. This particular one is made in japan and has an engraved blued receiver (I can post pics if it help). Thanks

[DRYHUMOR]

You know we like pics....

[ColdChili]

Here it is

[JohnBT]

According to the books I looked at last night, the Grade I has a blued receiver and the II and III have silver-colored receivers.

John

[ColdChili]

I found this on the weatherby website, I guess I should have checked there first:

Over/Under Shotguns Series # Pre-fix
Regency® (Italy) Over/Under (1967 – 1982) R
Olympian® (Japan) Over/Under (1977 – 1981) K-R-W
Athena® (Japan) Over/Under (Version I) (1982 – 1990) D-F-FF
Athena® III, IV, V (Japan) Over/Under (1990 – 2007) DA-DF
Orion® (Japan) Over/Under (Version I) (1982 – 1990) E-G-EE-GG
Orion® I II III (Japan) Over/Under (1990 – 2007) EN-ER-GN-GR
Side-by-Sides
Athena® SxS (Italy) (2005 - ) FS
Orion® SxS (Italy) (2005 - ) FS
Athena® D’Italia III, IV, V (Italy) Over/Under (2007 - ) L
Orion ® D’Italia I, II, III, SC. (Italy) Over/Under (2007 - ) B - L


So according to this, his orion is the 1982-1990 version (serial number prefix is E)...so I guess it doesn't have a grade.