Pre-Order Weapon Skin Question

So I know bsangel answered this in the bulletin, but I’m still a little unclear.

If you have a weapon skin, do you automatically have access to that weapon? Example: If I get the Imprint Light Rifle skin, I’ll have access to the weapon even though I’m not the appropriate rank?

From what I understand yes. I have the BR skin from Gamestop, I should have access to the BR at SR-1 once the code is entered, as will you with the Light Rifle.

Yes, you do. I’ll post the exact quote in just a second.

EDIT: Here it is.

> If you preorder weapon skins (e.g., Arctic BR from GameStop), will they unlock the weapon as soon as you redeem the code, or will you have to unlock the weapon before you get the weapon skin? - a zoojoo
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> You’ll get immediate access to that weapon (or armor for that matter) with that skin; you don’t have to rank up or spend Spartan Points. For weapons this is mostly a fairly small head start, since the skinned pre-order weapons are low in the ranks, but some of the armor skins will definitely give you earlier access to that type of armor.

Thanks to the both of you.