I went in bit of a different direction. I had my buddy double gun build a 7rem mag for my daughter. Remington 700 stainless sps. We added a very good slim in line break and shortened the barrel to 24". Recoil is on par with a 243 yet still has the downrange energy for elk or what ever she pursues as she gets older. My kids aren't aloud to shoot without hearing protection hunting or not, so the break is a non issue. (great for the range) When it came time to hunt we threaded the break off and put the thread protector cap on Accidentally(I was shooting the week before and checking accuracy with break on, then off) . She got her first buck on her 12th birthday and her first black bear this spring with it with zero recoil sensitivity issues. Shes going to be 13 this November and Im sure she will carry this rifle for a while.
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