sorry i know nothing of fireamrs! i just heard that silvedr pigeons arre good! how expensive are they?
Seriously aaron, if you don't know what you are talking about then don't tell other people what to do, its starting to get on peoples nerves.
Get your mate down the local Shotgun shop and ;let him feel a few shotguns and let him decide, because your mates dad don't want to pay that sort of money on a shotgun that your mate doesn't like, and if it doesn't fit properly it would affect his shooting.