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You gotta a good point. I got hooked on the .375 Win when I got a Contender barrel in the caliber for handgun deer hunting, I've want a lever gun in .375 for a long time. It would make an awesome cartridge for the Guild Gun. Because of the 375's superior ballistic coefficient and higher SAMMI chamber pressure it would actually have much more energy at 100 yds than the .45-70 and far less bullet drop and recoil to boot.
But I don't see it happening. The .375 Winchester is all but dead. Killed by bad PR.... or more accurately lack of PR of any kind. When I talk about the .375 Win to other gun nuts they don't have a clue. Usually they think I'm talking about the .357 Mag or maybe the .375 H&H.
But in a sense Marlin does have a new .375 on the market - the .38-55 Cowboy. The .38-55 and .375 Win are essentially the same cartridge dimensionally (the .38-55 is a tad longer), although pressure ratings are significantly different. However, any gun chambered in .38-55 can chamber a .375 Win and the Marlin will obviously handle the pressure. -- Kernel
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