RE: 223 for daughter
Getting very good with the gun she will use is very good.Here is how my dad [I am 35] tought my siss and I.He got 2 guns of the same make Rem 700 one was in a 22 mag the outher in a 30-06. We did a ton of shooting with the 22 and very little with the 3006. But they where the same guns. So when the time came to deer hunt we where very good with the gun.I beleave this is a real good way for a kid to get real good with a gun.
I still use this same way today. I shoot a 300 weatherby.It is not cheep to shoot 100 rounds though. But since my 3006 is the same make.I can pound a ton of shells though it and still be like shooting the 300.
Good luck
Charles Bradford