Marlin’s 375 North Haven Big Bore
For a few brief years in the Reagan-era, Marlin ponied up a lever-action hunting rifle that was among the pinnacle in hard-hitting big game guns of its kind. Based on the same 1895 action proven over the course of a century, the new gun used a very old round that had similarly been reinvented.
What is the .375 Win?
Back in the 1880s, one of the most effective “cowboy” rounds was the big-bore .38-55 Winchester. This black powder fueled cartridge could send a 255-grain bullet out a couple football fields away at 1300fps– providing enough power to fell just about anything on the continent except for the really big bears. Several late 19th Century Marlins, to include the Models 1893 and 95, came standard in the loading. Even after it was made obsolete by smokeless powder rounds and was abandoned, Marlin still made a few Model 336s in the chambering.
It should have been no surprise that the company jumped on the new .375 Winchester, a trimmed down smokeless powder update of the .38-55 that debuted in 1978.
Did we mention the new round could send a 220-grain bullet zipping out at 2200fps?
Just 16,000 Marlin Model 375s were made from 1980-83.