This Littlehorn is pretty nice. I've got a question about the action. after it's cocked and capped, can you de-cock it with the cap still in, or will that create a dangerous situation? I'd like to have him carry it capped but uncocked.
It could be but... if the back of the plunger was hit hard enough it would set the rifle off. One thing you can do is cap it leave the plunger back and screw the secondary safety in. To shoot you would have to un-screw the secondary safety to the fire position.
With the secondary safety in the rifle is more safe than with just the trigger safety.