She is 15 years old. No minimum age for hunting with a handgun (you do have to be at least 12 years old to hunt deer in Kansas beginning in 05), it is the same as hunting with a rifle. I am always by her side when hunting ( I also have a specialty handgun with me too). I ran the rangefinder, coached, and spotted. The white patch you see on the ocular body of the scope shows the ranges the Ballistic Plex reticle is set-up for. I also had the actual inches of drop from her sight in distance available at multi ranges. This shot was from a a rock solid rest (not literally a rock
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I had her shoot a number of rounds before the season began from the sitting position with shooting sticks @ 100 yards on a steel target. She put 8-10 rounds (can't remember the exact number) into a group of about 3.5 inches. There was one shot she dropped out of the group and was upset with herself. She is somewhat perfectionistic when it comes to group shooting.
The picture below is a collage she put together for me this year. The pic with the XP (221 Fireball) was the first time she ever used a LER scope and killed 3 younf PD's in four shots. Range was right at 100 yards. Off the bench with that MOA I would put her up against most any teenager with their hunting rifle @ 100-500 yards. My then 9 year old son hit 15 rams in a row with the MOA @ 500 Meters from the bench with it (That week was his first time to ever shoot a centerfire weapon). In fact, there are a couple of pics of him in the latest edition of Small Caliber News.
