The Lady Outlaw Shotgun: Built for Women Who Mean Business
Posted by Passionate Outlaws on Aug 6th 2026
What would you do differently if you knew, before you ever pulled the trigger, that the gun in your hands was built for your body?
Not shortened. Not modified. Not selected off the shelf because it was the closest option.
Built from the stock up with your physique, your mount, and your competition goals as the starting point.
This week the trap world is gathered in Sparta, Illinois for the Grand American.
It's the biggest stage in the sport, and it was shaped over decades by people who gave everything to the world of competitive shooting.
Tracy Kienitz carries that same spirit in everything she builds. And what she built, in partnership with Kolar Arms, is the Lady Outlaw: the first women's-specific competition shotgun Kolar has ever manufactured.
At Passionate Outlaws, women have been asking about the Lady Outlaw since it was introduced.
What makes it different? Which model is mine? Is it worth it? Here are the answers.
Why Most Women's Shotguns Aren't Really Women's Shotguns
The gun industry has offered women's shotguns for years. Most of them are production guns with a shortened stock and, sometimes, a more feminine finish.
The underlying geometry: the grip, the drop, the pitch, the comb profile, remains designed around a male physique.
Why does that gap matter?
Women have more sloped shoulders, higher cheekbones, a different chest profile, and typically smaller hand geometry than men.
These aren't minor variations.
They change how a shotgun contacts the body at every point of the mount.
A gun built around male dimensions and adjusted afterward is still fundamentally a men's gun.
It still asks women to compensate.
Tracy has been fitting women to competition shotguns for years. She's watched women adapt to equipment that was never designed for them and build real skill in spite of it.
She also knows what happens when the fit is finally right: the mount becomes automatic, the recoil lands correctly, the targets start breaking. That's not a small difference.
It changes everything about the shooting experience.
The Lady Outlaw exists because that difference deserves a gun, not a workaround.
What the Lady Outlaw Gets Right
Every dimension of the Lady Outlaw was built with the female shooter as the starting point.
Length of Pull: Starting Where Women Need It
The average production shotgun comes with a length of pull around 14.5 inches, which is often too long for most women. The Lady Outlaw starts at 12.9 inches, with a standard length of pull of 13 3/8 inches and additional options based on the individual shooter.
That sounds like a small adjustment. It's not.
Every 1/8 of an inch in gun fit changes a shot pattern by 4 inches at 25 yards.
Starting at the right number instead of cutting down from the wrong one means the entire gun is calibrated correctly from the first shot, not compensated for.
Monte Carlo Comb: Eye Line Built for the Female Face
The Lady Outlaw features a higher Monte Carlo comb specifically designed to account for female facial geometry, including higher cheekbones and a different neck-to-torso ratio.
When the comb height is right, the shooter's eye aligns naturally with the rib at the mount.
When it's wrong, the shooter chases the target with her head instead of her gun.
The Lady Outlaw gets that alignment right from the first mount.
Front-End Weight: Endurance on the Trap Line
The Lady Outlaw features lighter front-end weight.
For competitive shooting, where rounds are taken back to back across 100-round events, a gun that is properly balanced for the female physique reduces fatigue significantly.
This isn't a gauge question. This is an engineering decision built for how women compete.
Grip Geometry: Designed for Smaller Hands
The grip shape is designed to give female shooters confident trigger access and to address canting issues that show up with standard grips.
This is built into the gun, not solved in the aftermarket.
Confident trigger access affects timing, which affects consistency, which affects scores.
Finish: Western Scroll Engraving, Nickel or Blued
The Lady Outlaw carries beautiful feminine western scroll engraving with the Lady Outlaw name on the receiver.
It's available in nickel or blued finish, giving shooters the option to express their style while competing at the highest level.
The Details That Make It Yours
Every Lady Outlaw comes with custom turquoise-colored choke tubes in a handcrafted leather case, an upgraded black leather hard case with Lady Outlaw branding inside and out, and a non-traditional personalized serial number.
No two are exactly alike.
The Three Models: Which One Is Yours?
The Lady Outlaw series comes in three models. Each one is built on the same female-specific foundation.
The right choice depends on where you are in your shooting journey and what you're looking to accomplish on the line.
Renegade Rose
The Renegade Rose is built for the woman who is ready to compete seriously and wants a gun that matches that commitment. It carries all the core Lady Outlaw fit specifications with a configuration designed for performance at the trap line.
Relentless Rose
The Relentless Rose steps up the competition specification. It's the model for the woman who has been on the line long enough to know what she needs and is ready for the gun that delivers it.
Ruthless Rose
The Ruthless Rose is the top of the Lady Outlaw line. It's built for the woman who competes at the highest level and needs equipment that matches her game. Full competition specification, full Lady Outlaw fit engineering, nothing held back.
What Women Say After They Shoot One
The feedback Tracy hears most often after a woman shoots a Lady Outlaw fitted to her body is some version of: why did I wait so long?
One Lady Outlaw owner put it this way:
"Best purchase I ever made. What a difference a Lady Outlaw Kolar makes in your shooting. Being custom fit to you, you mount easily, smooth swing and no kick for me. My scores have jumped quite a bit in the short time I've had it."
That response isn't unusual. Women who have spent seasons adapting to equipment that was never built for them notice immediately when the gun finally works with their body instead of against it.
The mount is automatic. The swing is smooth. The recoil goes where it's supposed to.
And the scores follow.
Book a demo fitting with Tracy at Passionate Outlaws. You'll shoot the Lady Outlaw alongside other top women's competition shotguns and feel the difference firsthand.
A Gun That Was Made for You
The Lady Outlaw shotgun is not a marketing concept.
It's the result of years of Tracy watching women compete with equipment that was asking too much of them, and deciding that had to change.
She took that experience to Kolar Arms, one of the most respected names in competitive shooting, and together they built something the industry had never produced before: a competition-grade shotgun engineered from the ground up for the female shooter.
At Passionate Outlaws, the Lady Outlaw is available to demo and to purchase. Tracy fits every woman who walks in the door using the same four-pillar process: vision first, fit second, equipment third, mindset fourth.
The Lady Outlaw is the equipment piece of that equation. It exists so the other three pillars can do their work without a gun getting in the way.
If you've been shooting with a gun that was never really yours, this is what the alternative feels like.
FAQ
What is the Lady Outlaw shotgun?
The Lady Outlaw is a women's-specific competition shotgun designed by Tracy of Passionate Outlaws and Xcel Shooting Sports and manufactured by Kolar Arms. It's the first women's-specific shotgun Kolar Arms has ever manufactured. It comes in three models: the Renegade Rose, the Relentless Rose, and the Ruthless Rose.
What's the difference between the Renegade Rose, Relentless Rose, and Ruthless Rose?
All three models are built on the same female-specific foundation, including the shorter length of pull, higher Monte Carlo comb, lighter front-end weight, and tailored grip geometry. The models differ in competition specification and configuration. A fitting with Tracy is the best way to determine which model matches your shooting level and goals.
Who designed the Lady Outlaw shotgun?
The Lady Outlaw was designed by Tracy, founder of Passionate Outlaws and Xcel Shooting Sports, and manufactured by Kolar Arms. Tracy brought her years of experience fitting women to competition shotguns to the design process, making every dimension of the gun a reflection of what female competitors need.
Where can I demo the Lady Outlaw?
You can demo the Lady Outlaw through Passionate Outlaws. Book a fitting with Tracy. She fits every shooter individually and walks you through the full Lady Outlaw line alongside other top women's competition shotguns.
The Lady Outlaw was built for women who take this sport seriously. If that's you, this is your gun.
Be Relentless.