The ONLY hunters I've known who've had minor difficulties with running a "long" bolt action have been severely height challenged. One in particular was a woman who claimed to be 5 feet tall, but I believe was actually 4' 11". She had to use a shorter length of pull, and a long bolt came back so far that she had to pull her head off the stock to get out of its way. Because her arms were proportionately short, she had a much easier time handling rifles with barrels no longer than 20". Both of which were major reasons why her favorite rifle was a Remington Model 7 in 7mm-08. But I know several women around the average American woman's height of 5' 4" who can easily run a full-length bolt while keeping their face firmly on the stock, even if they do use a slightly shorter LOP that the standard 13-1/2".
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
