Bledsoe, You live just beyond the sunrise from me, I'm in Washington. Why use .38-55's, why not? For one practical reason, the ammo is easier to find. And the .38-55 is like an old friend, I've got lots of ammo for it. As far as power goes, the .375 is nothing more than the old .38-55 High Velocity loading. In my Marlin the .38-55 cartridges chamber very nicely even though there is a difference in the case length. The real meat to my question was wondering if others have used .38-55 ammo without having the rifle's chamber reamed or lengthened for the longer .38-55 brass. At this time I want to guess that the Marlin chambers for the .375 and the .38-55 are the same length.
Last edited by 303mike; 05/19/11.
