Mike thank you for the encouragement with taking my wife out. As you can probably guess from being in the Marine Corps I am catching alot of flak from my fellow Marines, imagine that. I didn't even think of a .22 to be completely honest with you, guess I'm jumping ahead of myself at the thought of her intrest in hunting. Also, I was a range coach/PMI on Stone Bay, Camp Lejeune NC for three years and after teaching female and male Marines I have to agree, females have the upper hand at shooting so hopefully she will stay intrested in this and surpass me someday. Thanks everyone else who has replied