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It sounds to me like you are doing a great job raising your daughter. I do not know if you are close to any large stores that stock ML's. But if you are take her shopping. Let her make some of the decisions. And I agree with her the SS is pretty. Try to get herthe best rifle you can afford. I am sure she will take care of it. And it is something that she will remember and cherish for the rest of herlife.
I agree, having her pay for half of it is a great idea and I applaud you for that. I'd take her and let he see what she likes. Obviously if she picks something that you don't feel is a good rifle then you can explain to her why you wouldn't chose it but she's going to be the one huntin' w/it and she'll enjoy huntin' a lot more if she has a gun she's proud of. I love hearing parents gettin' their kids involved. Makes my day
That doesn't really answer your question I know. There's more qualified people here to answer that than I so I'll leave that up to them.But honestly nowadays I don't think there's any "horriable" MLs out there.