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Only coyotes and antelope with my Marlin 375 Win. Had it out to the range a couple times in the last month.

Handy looking little unit there!

I've a Bishop stocked mauser action mated to a Ruger #3 barrel in this caliber I bought at a gunshow back in 01. Put a cheap red dot out on the barrel scout style, and killed some deer with it. Love the gun, it really fits nice and kills things very dead. This was all with factory 200 grain loads. I had a gunsmith drill and tap the receiver, and bend the bolt handle so I could mount a conventional scope and bought all the stuff to reload for it. It's been collecting dust for quite a few years now, as I couldn't get the bullets to stay put in the brass, and factory loads are too much $$ for me to fugg with. I bought the Lee FC die and the regular dies were RCBS. No idea what the issue is and never too the time to really sort it out.

I do like the round and would love to stumble into a Marlin at the right price, or have one rebored.

I bought my Marlin 375 new when they were $199 at a local store. Still have lots of factory ammo, mostly 250 gr. However I mostly hunt with 220 gr. Hornady over 36 gr. of Re 7. My practice loads are cast 240 gr in Starline 38/55 brass over 22 gr of 4198. Plinkers over 8 gr of Red Dot are lots of fun.

The cast loads will group under an inch at 75 yards. The 220 grain Hornady penetrated a doe from center chest (it was facing me at 80 yards) and exited next to the tail. It only took one step.

My son with a Jesse occumpagh rebore 375 many years ago, 150 yd shot:

Very nice. Great pictures.

Yeah, looks like heaven. A canoe with a little motor, kid and a dog, levergun and a caribou.

I had one years ago that no one seems to have mentioned.. It was a Ruger #3 single shot and very accurate. Unfortunately it too kicked hard. I couldn't add a recoil pad due to the design of the stock. The butt plate curved above the toe of the stock and adding a recoil pad would have left an inlet into the top of the stock. It was short and a pleasure to carry and I likely would have kept it if it hadn't been for the recoil. And before anyone says I can't handle recoil my favourite rifle is a .338 Winchester Magnum

Jim

Thanks, a moose in there too. See the velveted moose antlers? We did three total trips to move all the meat and camp. We broke the canoe dragging over gravel with all that meat. Motor rattled so hard, the muffler fell off.

Took 20+ years but I finally got my dream Savage about 10 years ago.