Well we went to the range again this weekend with the 30-30. It's odd, she appears to be flinching quite a bit yet when you look at her 2, 3 shot groups they were both justunder3 inches at 100. Again, she doesn't enjoy the practice with it but tells me she is ready to hunt with it. Then she picked up the 22lr and proceeded to put 200 rounds through it.
I think what I'll do is clean the gun, have her shoot 1 more group the day before the season and then she won't pull the trigger on it until it's at a deer. In the meantime she can put another 1000 rounds through the 22lr.
I appreciate all of your posts on the 223. Sounds like a lot of controversy to me which really did not put my mind at ease in purchasing one for her. If I think she is having an issue with the gun to the point she is hesitant about hunting I will revisit it then. But for now she says she's looking forward to deer #2
Thanks