Oh you sweet talker you. lol

BBJ is right about putting time in with your gun. Id have her shoot whatever her gun is going to be, all summer long at groundhogs. Nice thing about hog hunting, is she'll get lots of shooting and the loads can be reduced too.Im not talking about sitting on a hill and shootingat what ever hog pops up. Have her walk around and shot at them from all different positions. It willstrenghten hergame spotting skills, as well as her shooting ability. That way she gets to know her gun and isnt afraid of pulling the trigger. As for the performance of the 7mm08 and XLCs, the elk I shot was 60 yards away and the bullet went thru both shoulders leaving a half dollar sized exit hole. The elk dropped on the spot, tried to raise its head one time and was dead by the time I got to it. Both shoulders were pretty much destroyed. I did have my forgivings about trying to drive a 140gr bullet thru the shoulders of such a heavy animal, but I had used it on a good sized whitetail buck, and drove that bullet end to end breaking the near side shoulder and smashingthe femur to wind up under the hide on the oppisite hip. I actually think for light boned game such as deer, the barnes X bullets doesnt expand enough, not enough energy transfer to the animal before it exits its body.