Rifle for wife

[fishinpox]

Looking at getting my wife a hunting rifle. She has a bad habit of closing her eyes b.4 pulling the trigger when she fires my rifle (270wsm) because of the recoil . I think it scares/ hurts her. While in Africa she used a 243 that had a suppressor ... No issues , minimal recoil. So I figured I'd get her a tikka 243, but started looking at ballistics and noticed most 243 are 80-90 grain bullets and tend to drop like crazy on longer shots. So I started looking at tge 308 , much better. What is your thoughts?