308 Marlin Express Product Overview from Hornady®

[Knightnumber7]

i'm having a hard time looking for the .308 express ammo in my area. Can I use a .308 win with my marlin 308 express instead?

[Tossdart]

@Knightnumber7 NOOOOO do not ever cross match ammo like this. 308 winchester is a completely different caliber you will blow yourself to the moon okay!

[kongHernes]

I will soon have one  cant wait

[oivxvio]

Jus sighted in my new Marlin 308 express last night. I am an occasional shooter and even I was able to shoot 1" patterns at 100 yards. The accuracy of this gun and cartridge is in a completely different league than the 30-30. There is just no comparison.

[chillichomper]

Question. Why are .308 marlin levers not setup to for 6 shots in the tube? Does it have to do with the ammo being too volitile due to the extra pressure generated by the tube spring on the 1st round and the fact that all the rounds are inline vs catridge? Just wondering. They should make these rifles hold as much as possible

[twiztid6430]

i use this rifle for whitetail and have no complaints. deffinetly worth the money .

[Dellster13]

its more the bullet than the marlin rifle... 

[xbones101]

@Dellster13 I wouldn't say that. It's designed for & mated with the Marlin 336. Barrel vibration, harmonics & all of that. I mean, I've had .30-30s that shot sub-MOA with 170gr bullets in the 336, but only shoot 2 MOA with 150gr bullets. The 336 can be ammo picky.

[lineman7200]

Look at it at 1:29

[lineman7200]

What model gun is he shooting? It has no sights on barrel, 28 inch barrel, and black synthetic stock

[bichaonextasis]

motherfucker!!!!!!

[gunslinger5854]

Didn't poleaxe that elk. I wonder if he made any more shots before downing that big boy. I think the .338 should be used for the larger game. Leave the .308 to the deer sized game and smaller.

[Tossdart]

@gunslinger5854 It is just he never hit spine. I hit a buck in liver with my .375 H&H. He ran. I saw a deer standing on trail looking at me shall we say a bit perplexed & was afraid to shoot incase of dropping a second one by accident. Sure enough it was him so ended his suffering. My friend took over 40 moose with 30-30 back in the day not to mention grizzly & everything else with 32 winchester special. No this gun will do fine & daughters is in mail.

[yurisendrew]

it should take down anything in north america, if not 30-06 can.

[PDopey]

what's the point of using small caliber ammo? Just wip out your Barrett 50 BMG and you can "take" anything with in 1 mile.

[frankgon4]

@PDopey waste a lot of meat with a 50

[ablemancanada]

@PDopey that totally fucks up the hunting sport the fin part is the stalk getting to within 100 yards and shooting

[butlerjohn84]

100 yards with a rifle?..

kinda short buddy, either a 300yard rifle shot or 40 yard bow... makes it fun

[ikilldeerlots]

@butlerjohn84 takes more skill to get close rather than sitting out at 300 and plus there's less variants at 100 so more chance of a clean humane shot!

[SJsharks98]

@PDopey you dont use a Barrett .50 BMG to hunt. this isnt a video game

[HawaiiJuniorCycling]

@PDopey Nor is this small caliber.

[Tossdart]

@HawaiiJuniorCycling P dopey .308 is .308. 300 win mag is .308 silly 30-06 is .308. M16 is .308. .308 winchester is .308. This Marlin just has a little less powder certainly not a small gun by any means. I have used 6mm remington on a lot of game with 100 grain bullets, 6mm is .243 but a tiny bit faster than .243 winchester.

[TooSlick1993]

nice, my new hunting rifle to be

[dcnhvhb]

finally some footage of the marlin 308. awsome. I love my 308 mx.

[Howland2194]

@dcnhvhb oi man question

is it the same cartridge as a normal 308 or is it modified to suit the MX ?

cuz i wanna buy one but i dont know if its 308 Winchester or not/

[dcnhvhb]

@Howland2194 It's not the same cartridge as the 308win. there not interchangable. this cartrige is a marlin 308express. hornady and remington both make ammo for it so far, and the ballistics are about the same as a 308win. marlin also came out with a 338 wich is more powerfull made for bigger game.

[Tossdart]

@Howland2194 No it is not it is a Marlin .308 go to Hornady & download ballistics chart k.