Hello, I also thought it was a good set up for the money. After adding a front night sight, a mesa tactical side saddle, a choate extended cocking handle, etc. all the right stuff. I was highly disapointed with the gun and the manufacture's handling of the problem's with it. The first time out was a 4 day defensive shotgun class and I had failure's to feed, and extract. Also the shell follower stuck in the tube and I had to disassemble the gun to fix it. I returned it to Mossberg and there fix was to replace the barrel which made no sense to me and when I asked them what was wrong with it, they couldn't give me a answer. I haven't tried it since getting it back, so I dont know if it's fixed or not. Also don't put a pistolgrip stock on it because you can't reach the safety and the cheek weld is too low for the sights. If he still wants one mine is for sale. This last weekend I took another shotgun class with my M4 and it worked flawless.