Pro it way easy to clean
Pro it;s got all of nice features, recoil pad,3.5 lbs trigger, easy to install primer. Easy to remove breech plug.
Pro for me I bought it for 220.00 Blued barrell with weathershield reciever
Con with a scope mounted it a little tight getting to the hammer with a fat thumb and a gloved hand it could be a problem. lucky for me I have a small thumb and dont wear a glove on my trigger hand.
Some say it hard to load sabots but that's just not the case with mine
goes down smoothly with even pressure. That with a standard sabot not the ez load type.
I tell your friend get one he'll be satisfied.