Yes , if you shoot it enough.
My first revolver was an Italian copy 1851 Navy Colt , paid $35.00 for it. We would go shooting each weekend . I shot it so much, the frame stretched , the slot in the arbor that holds the barrel wedge cracked and where the arbor screwed into the frame , that area became loose. If you think the gift wont be shot a lot, a brass frame will do (maybe they are made better than in 1970).
I decided to get back into black powder shooting and got a steel framed one, but I'm in better fanancial shape than back then.
Now considering all the shooting I did with it, it held up OK...not great but OK.
I got surprisingly good with it.... would think of Bill Hickok at Deadwood ! Lots of fun !
Gary