RE: 223 for daughter
DannyD
Don't take this the wrong way b/c I am not a parent, but I am a son.
You seem like a great father, but one thing you need to also watch out for is pushing her too hard. Its like kids with sports such as football. If you push them too hard, make it into a life or obsession rather than fun, then they will in return hate it.
This happened to me with football. I was starting left guard on a 4A state championship team and walked away w/o a blink b/c I was tired of being pressured.
You said she shot that doe at 128yds with a 30-30. That right there shows that shes pretty darn good.
What kind of .270 do you have? My .270win has less recoil than any 30-30 that i've shot. I am sure it would be too long for her, but hey, give it a wack.
Also on the .223 topic. I shot a deer a couple of years ago. A doe on a dog drive. When I walked up to her she began to kick and na (how ever you spell it). She just looked up at me with those big brown eyes and started "screaming". I had to shoot her again. I drug her out, cleaned her. Went home, put my guns in my safe and left them there for weeks. It literally brought me to tears. If that would have been a 12yr old girl. I am sure she would have walked away from hunting and become a vet. Not saying that this would happen, but you are greatly increasing the odds with such a small caliber. Remember that most bullets for that gun were either made to wound a man or kill a rodent.