First of all, beautiful gun!
Secondly, your friend is an absolute idiot for getting rid of that gun ESPECIALLY since it was his grandfather’s!!
Thirdly, now may be a good time to sit down with his wife and go over the mechanicals of guns, teach her how to handle and shoot one safely and show her they’re nothing to be uncomfortable or scared of. Better yet, have her go through a safety training class. In this day and age, we need to properly educate as many people (especially younger people and women) about firearms and firearm safety as we can.
Just me penny’s worth. :)