If he does settle on a Beretta, then I will encourage him to order it from Gun Genie. They may charge a little more than some other vendors, but they do provide their own lifetime warranty. That is worth it, IMO...for the guns I buy that don't have a lifetime warranty, I buy them from Gun Genie if they have them. They don't carry SIGs or Kimbers, but most everything else...of course, like most places, their stock is very low right now.