Sorry, I never finished the story... I was on my phone and it was acting up.
I ended up having to give my infamous "here's how to use a semi-auto" speech. He still didn't seem comfortable with it since he was used to revolvers. He asked me to shoot a round for him so he could see how it worked. I obliged and the gun blew up in my hand. I checked for a squib, double charge, etc. None such luck!!
Later sent it off for SAAMI testing when I was in the gun industry and found out that the barrel was less than 8,000 in it's strongest points and a little over 2,000 in its weakest. I am lucky I still have a hand to shoot with. Needless to say, I am *NOT* a fan of these guns and most likely never will be. To each their own, but I buy and own things that do NOT blow up in my hand.