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Tucker 1371 · December 7, 2012, 10:12 AM

I was thinking about picking one of these up in .308 for my 4'10" 98lb girlfriend. She absolutely loves hunting, kind of bloodthirsty actually haha, but my M1A is a little too big and heavy for her, length of pull and front end weight mostly. She just can't get comfortable with it without a rest or bipod. I know Savage puts out good stuff and I was wondering if any of you or your lady friends/wives/girlfriends had any experience or things to say about this particular model.

If I don't go with this one does anyone know of a good youth model in .308 (she can handle and shoot with a .30-06 pretty well so I don't want to go with a .243, I like to keep ammo logistics simple).

December 7, 2012, 10:12 AM	#1
Tucker 1371 Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2008 Location: East TN Posts: 1,688	Savage 11 Lady Hunter I was thinking about picking one of these up in .308 for my 4'10" 98lb girlfriend. She absolutely loves hunting, kind of bloodthirsty actually haha, but my M1A is a little too big and heavy for her, length of pull and front end weight mostly. She just can't get comfortable with it without a rest or bipod. I know Savage puts out good stuff and I was wondering if any of you or your lady friends/wives/girlfriends had any experience or things to say about this particular model. If I don't go with this one does anyone know of a good youth model in .308 (she can handle and shoot with a .30-06 pretty well so I don't want to go with a .243, I like to keep ammo logistics simple). __________________ LCpl Williams, Evan T. USMC-R, 02-08-2010 ~ D Co, 4th CEB, Engineers UP!! OEF 21JUN-20SEP2011 REV. 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.