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Bought my wife a Christensen Ridgeline to use for hunting white tail. The LOP is a little long for her. She has an 11.5" LOP. What would be a good option to swap to on this gun?

Not saying 11.5" is incorrect, but that sounds really short. My daughters shot 12" LOP on rifles even when they were 6-8 years old. My oldest had me adjust her youth model stock out to 12.5" or so when she got to be about 5'3" tall.

The Ridgeline is the carbon barrel model, right? I think it's a 700 footprint, so a 700 varmint stock can likely be cut down. Or you might cut down the factory stock. A lightweight chassis might also be an option to get down to a 12"-ish LOP.

How did you decide on 11.5"?

I bought a rifle, that fit my wife.

Savage Lady Hunter, 7mm-08, she prefers the barnse 120gr TTSX, over the 140gr standard offerings.

Lots of whitetails & a bull moose, so far !

700 clone chassis with a carbine buffer tube and carbine stock fixed or adjustable. Or various adjustable chassis stocks. Lots of daughters and wives shooting those rigs around here.

A rem 700 youth stock should fit.

But not if her rifle is the varmint-contour carbon barrel. Sporter contour, then yes, that would be the easy button.

it has the sendero profile carbon barrel. She's 5'-0" and 115lbs. it is 11.5" lop. the 700 youth stock fits her, but i cant find one made for the sendero profile barrel...

Ever notice how many women lean way back when they hold their rifle? Too much weight forward for a woman to hold correctly. That's what a short rifle stock does. You need one with a lighter barrel to keep the balance point further back

I'd think the carbon-wrapped tube should help with keeping balance more neutral.

In this instance, I'd probably look at what NMpistolero mentions and get a lightweight chassis that can use AR rear stock components.

You have to account for generally longer necks, sloping shoulders, and soft breast tissue. Typically aMonte Carlo of some sort with cast works well.