Thank you all for the informative feedback. I was starting to feel like I would be taking unfair advantage of my friend so I shared all this info with him and he still wants to offer it to me for the six hundred. He inherited it along with about a dozen other firearms when his father passed away earlier this year (His one third share. He has two older brothers). He knew I always wanted one and he figures he'll probably never shoot it and knows I WILL and would take good care of it. I'm also not allowed to tell his older brothers
Any other useful info would continue to be greatly appreciated
Oh by the way........... I bought it pics coming shortly