I was wondering of Bonnie could handle a BAR
I only played around with a BAR when I was in armorer school. It was already obsolete and the current light MG at that time was the M60.
If I remember correctly, it has a pretty heavy duty recoil system and a heavy bolt assembly. This combo can really tame down felt recoil. I saw some fairly small Army gals at the school that could easily handle the M60.