I have in my gun safe a Remington 1100 in .410 which was the first gun purchased for me as a kid. I say "purchased" because it was so dang heavy for me, I was about 13 before I could use it w/ any precision. I ended up using a .410 crack barrel, then a .20 crack barrel before I could use the auto loader. By the time I was strong enough to use the auto loader, I was moving on to larger guns.
Please consider the gun in WTRetrievers picture as a "starter" gun for her to plink around with. Very affordable and it won't be intimidating due to weight and size.
We had a similar conversation last week at our deer lease. I took a gorup of kids shooting w/ a scoped .22 Ruger that have never shot scoped guns before. Within minutes, they were busting cans/bottles at 40 -50 yards. Almost immediately one of the moms said they were going get them a "deer rifle" on Monday. I asked her to use one of mine for this year to let the child grow before spending the money. She said that would be great, but what about practice??????? I asked her to let him "practice" with a .22 or .17 so he doesn't develope a a"flinch" to the deer rifles. I have a .243 that has no recoil, but is loud and I want a kid to make a clean shot at a deer/animal, so they practice with .22 till it's time to hunt. They never notice the recoil/rapport when shooting at a live target w/ good shooting technique.
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