Awesome thread! And EXCELLENT shooting for your little girl! I have a 10 yr old son who is a laser beam with my .223 Weatherby Vanguard! .223 is a perfect centerfire for the little folk! I bought a Mini 14, and he enjoyed that for a little while (A buddy talked me into selling it to him), so I replaced that with an SL8, He REALLY like that! I put little pop bottles with red food colored water in them out on a hill, and my kid smokes 10/10 at 200+ yards..... i tell him "Excellent shooting buddy!", he says, "all I did was put the crosshairs on them"...... They make it sound so easy! ;-)