Auctions are always a gamble. Getting a more detailed report and or getting trusted agent to examine the gun(s) reduces the risk, but every buy even if you get to hold it in your own hand before bidding is a risk. Don't get into the game if you can't afford a total loss. Better to keep window shopping.
You never know how a gun will work out until you have had it a while. I recently brought a pair from Gavin Gardiner and it will still be months before I know how smart or ignorant I was.
All money made on gun buys is usually made at the purchase. I look upon the difference between what I pay for a gun and what I lose on resale (I almost always lose something) as gun rent.
