Well one of the first things I look at is cost .If its a real good deal I will usually buy.And I dont buy anything other than NRA xcly condition box is a plus but by no means needed if it drives the price up.And gunbroker has been the best place to find deals many times a gun has one lousy pic taken or the description is horrible,I always hit the ask seller question box and most will send additional pics and info.On eexample is a 659 that I won that had a single pic that was blurry and I thought the grips looked good so I contacted him and the pistol ended up being nib with spare mag still rapped and taped up in S&W paper for 300.00 + 15.00 shipping and 15.00 transfer .So fo a little bit of my time I get a new pistol for 100.00 to 200.00 less than it would go for.

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