I only read a coupls pages but the first post from the OP seem's to me say's it all. Your trying to push him into something he doesn't seem overly excited about! I strongly suspect anything he might want to hunt can be well handled by his 250-3000! Why would he need anymore? If he actually wanted something different he could buy it I'd think. If he can't afford to buy it or simply doesn't want to, it will add nothing new to the deal for him. Let him alone. Who knows maybe one day he'll come ask you the question you asked here, maybe he won' t too!