When my daughter was 11 I got her a Rem. model 700 mountain rifle in 7mm-08. We had to shorten the stock to make it fit her, she is 5'2" now at age 19, and we added a sims limbsaver slip-on recoil pad. She has never complained about recoil and we used remington 140gr cor-locks. She has taken 7 bucks,we are only allowed 1 per year,all one shot kills. She would not trade this gun or caliber for deer hunting for anything else.
