Go ahead and shoot 375 factory ammo out of your 38-55 <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />...cause you're just another accident waiting to happen <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />! And when it does you'll be one of those who'll sue Marlin... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
375 AMMO WAS NOT MENT OR DESIGNED FOR THE 38-55...
GET YOUR HEAD OUTTA YOUR BUTT <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> AND READ A RE-LOADING MANUAL...
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The .30-30 has a 38,000CUP SAAMI rating, the .38-55 has a 30,000 CUP rating and the .375Win has a 52,000 CUP rating. Its pretty clear that firing .375Win ammo in a 19th century .38-55 might lead to undesirable results. In modern firearms, like Marlin, however, the situation is less clear.
It is common for manufacturers to us common components to manufacture different firearms. Do you think that Ruger uses the same receivers to build the .257 Roberts (45,000 CUP) and the .25-06 (54, 000 CUP) or do you suppose they build receivers especially for each cartridge?
Marlin�s part number for the receiver on my Marlin .375Win is the same as the part number for .30-30�s built in the same era. Furthermore, .38-55 brass drops easily into the chamber without resizing, and .38-55 brass that has been resized in my .375 dies and loaded chambers and fires fine. The difference is the .375 uses a .375 bore and the .38-55 typically uses a .379 bore. I suspect .375 ammo fired in a modern Marlin would pose no safety issue but accuracy would probably be unacceptable.
