From reading this board, most people are of the opinion that it is a crap shoot with Special Weapons guns. some are pieces of junk and some run flawlessly. The SW45 that I have is one of the good ones as I have never had a bit of problem with mine, my SW32 is another story. Mags are the only problem, as SW wanted $30+shipping for each one. They are just modified grease gun mags, did it myself, works great. Bought mine for $1100 (dealer cost)and on an earlier post, someone replied that they had seen one at a gun store for $1400. I don't believe that SW is around anymore, so I suspect that any repairs are nonexistant. Don't know what he could get for it as I do not know what commission the gunshops in your area charge. Last SW gun I bought earlier in the year(SW32), I paid about 65% of dealer cost. Had one SW32, which took a little work to get to run and it was $1100, paid $700 for the second, which was way overpriced(I thought a good deal at the time) as it turned out to be one of the not so good guns. If its one of the good guns, he might get $1100, although it might sit for a bit, or $800 or so and it might sell real quick. Depends if someone walking in the store really wants it. Put it for sale on Arfcom first and see if any takers before he takes it to a gunstore. Its a fun little gun.