I got my Daughter Sandi the same rifle as you did for your wife. 7mm-08. She likes a 13 inch LOP so the stock being 12 1/2 I put on a Limbsaver 1/2 inch slip on pad for 13 inches. Now, between us we have 5 Tikkas. She normally shoots a Tikka 7mm mag but this little compact is the most accurate of all our Tikkas. It doesn't care what shell you put in it, it just keeps putting them through the same hole. She just used it to harvest a Buck at 258 yards and it was moving. She prefers the Hornaday 139 grain GMX. Also shot the 120 Barnes and there was hardly any recoil at all. Great little rifle and now her favorite.
