JagMan.. That could be the stupidist responce ever ( Anyone who cannot handle a .243' s recoil, shouldn' t be playing with guns anyway!) .. Here you have a Father (me) taking the time to reload good bullets, sit with my kid to show her when and where to shoot. and you say that .. We have enough of a problem nowadays getting kids to even hunt.. So because she doesn' t like the recoil of a 243 she shouldn' t hunt ... I say let her hunt with the 223 to start and move her up as she is comfortable ..Bill