I know nobody here is opinionated so this is an appeal for opinions!
A little background, got my wife interested in shooting pistol this year. The range we used was a pistol only range but that's a separate story. We joined another range this past weekend so I took some rifles out to shoot. I purposely took a scoped 22 for my wife and daughter to shoot, yeah almost evil, slowly sucking them into the web. Well, they both really liked it, problem is they are both recoil sensitive and I can't reload it. I took my AR and neither was interested in shooting it nor the 336 In 30-30. I'm thinking about a 22 centerfire and thought a Hornet (which I thought would perfect for them both and be fun) then read the brass doesn't last long. I have read about 221 Fireball, 204 Ruger, etc, etc. I then read about the K Hornet and really would enjoy shooting it myself. So how hard is it to ream a chamber or how easy is it to mess it up? Was thinking about the CZ 527. Failing that my next choice would be 222 Remington but I have no idea what that recoil would be akin to. Though I don't know for sure, I think the wife would be uncomfortable with a 223 bolt gun. BTW, didn't post in the gunsmithing forum thinking I would get limited feedback.