I have had my daughter target shooting with since she was 8 and she can tear down a rifle do all the maintenance herself and knows how to handle the gun very well. She is aware of all the hunting saftey percausions and to be sure of the background when shooting. Till now she has pretty much only shot .22 LR - am I thinking of getting her into high powered rifles.

What do you think of the .17 HMR as a starter gun for this purpose?