if your going to let the girl friend use it you may have been beter of with a semi-auto because of recoil that's what i had to get my wife the 20 double i bought here first kicked to hard the 1100 20 LW model is perfic and the action takes up some of the recoil so if you find this true keep the O/U for yourself and get her a semi-auto not a bad deal huh<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>