My daughter wanted the pink camo, but I had to convince her, I mean persuade her, that the black would be a better choice because we have a boy in the family. She didn't want the black. One reason being I didn't want to spend the money for a pink camo as my son would be using the rifle later in life, and by the time he is big enough to shoot it, she will be big enough to move up to a bolt gun or auto .22 LR.
So we thought that the only options were real tree, pink camo, or black. Once we saw the BSA brown. She liked the brown, and said that since J.D., my son, would be a boy scout one day, she would like to get the brown one. She also said that the brown would be harder to see in the woods. She is a good sister. Already thinking about her brother's hunting future.
I would have gotten her the pink camo if it came down to it. Don't get me wrong, but the BSA brown was only $165 from Academy. So that is what we got, and she was happy with it. She just didn't want the black one. I can tell you that I will be using this rifle for squirrels if she doesn't go with me on all the hunts because I can shoot .22 short hollow points out of it, and the best part is that it weighs 3 lbs. One-hundred rounds of shorts and this rifle weigh less than my Model 60 empty with a scope mounted.
It will be a year or so before she can go hunting because she has to be proficient in firearms safety with her own rifle, and know to look beyond what she is shooting at. She knows the basic rules, and is very good at incorporating those firearm safety rules, but she doesn't have real world experience with anything other than a bb gun. So we still have some range work to do before she can go live.
It is all a learning experience. She will get there, and she is willing to learn without any flack because she knows what a gun can do. She has seen deer wounds, and I have also shot melons with my 30-30, .22 LR, and .44 Magnum to give a visual of what bullets do when the hit things.
