Purchased a rifle today and noticed a little bit of copper fouling in the barrel. I figured they probly shoot all guns before they go out on the market??? Is this normal?

I know of some guns for sure that are test fired before leaving the factory. I would hope that all of them are...anyways, I would also hope that they would clean them spotless.

im not real sure what your talking about?

I've always been told that once a gun is shot it ceases to be "new"

you guys really arent tellin me what i wanna hear I coulda bought one used for about 200 dollars cheaper but i bought this one brand new (or so i thought) I dont beleive a business like that would beable to sell me a used gun and say it was brand new.........

Ive never bought a new rifle that had any copper fouling in it. I run patches through them before I take them to the range. what brand /model is it?

I believe he means a bullet cannot be shot through a rifle without evidence of it having done so. So, there is "evidence" that this rifle has been shot before. I wouldn't expect a new rifle having been test-fired to have fouling of any sort left on it in a noticeable amount.

Its a remington model 7600 .308..........gota say used or not she shoots pretty nice!

It sounds like they test fired it and weren't smart enough to remove the copper fouling before shipping it out.

Most all firearms are test fired before being shipped. A manufacturer would be stupid not to do so.

Every single hand gun sold in the United states is fired before it is shipped and you get the spent case in a sealed envelope when you buy the gun.