Finally have a shooting buddy, talked the wife into going to the range with me. I put this rifle together for her in the 90s, she shot it a few times and it went into the back of the safe. The problem is, she is a small woman and the rifle is too heavy. She will be shooting from the bench. The action is a Stevens DST 044 1/2, Douglas barrel installed and chambered for 28-30-120 by Paul at CPA. I couldn’t find a semi inletted stock for a 044 1/2 so Paul sold me a damaged 44 1/2 stock for little or nothing. Got everything ready to go,it will be fun.
Mike

As you can see it is an offhand rifle, she could not hold it an offhand manner, so she will shoot it from the bench. That’s a start, who knows she might try offhand again. She is a better pistol shot than I am.
Mike

Hope you can handle her kicking your butt in the BR matches as well.   

Unless you are going for traditional it would help her a good deal to make some (not permanent) modifications.  Replace prongs with a strip of rubber,  replace forend with a 3" wide BR one. 
If recoil is a factor a # + of lead in the butt helps a lot. Once you put it on a rest for her it only goes back and forth.  Weight is your friend.   Good luck       andy

Get ready, I think you're going to show her the way and then she's going to school you...