I'm thinking the descriptions will go right along with the same for Garands and Carbines (recently announced in limited quantities.)
Most parts showing some wear, bores to XX standard, various markings no choice, with foreign marks possible, in their more affordable grades. Those should be ok shooters, ie good enough for range practice and self defense. A precision or competitive gun, nope.
"New" is arguable, but certainly not buyback grade at the local metro, either.
What some are trying to compare them to would be new presentation grade top tier competition $1,200 race guns - which seem to clog that end of the market for certain buyers who need to have that sort of thing. "Tightly fitted slides" which are certain to jam up if covered in dust or grit, "ambidextrous safety" which implies you let yourself get into a disadvantaged situation, or "flared" mag wells, meaning you can't hit the side of a barn.
Of course, those are all competition grade modifications these guns will lack, seeing as the ones being sold are all Combat Grade Government Issued and Been There Done That proofed in the field. If they didn't survive that, they got fixed, right, again, for another tour.
It's the old thing where some like to pronounce certain race car attributes as being superior, except they don't talk about the dang thing not starting on a cold morning or not having any brakes at all until you warm them up dragging them to the next light. The younger crowd likes to show off their high end stuff as some kind of reflection on their ability and status.
Those of us who have blown our money on that in the past learned better, at least some, and have come to understand where each has it's place. I'd hate to try pulling a competition grade gun from under a shirt IWB with tall square precision sights and levers hanging out all over it. Might snag my expensive Nike t-shirts I pick up from DAV for $2.
