Anyone own a Marlin .308MX?

I like the long barrel marlins. I know of a few older long barrel .30-30's and they're nice shooters. Marlins are almost always surprisingly accurate and not picky about ammo. When I go sight in rifles every year, I KNOW my .30-30 is going to throw a nice group no matter what I put in it. I wish I could say the same for my other rifles.

As far as the caliber goes, I'd use it as long as I had something other than leverevolution bullets. I've had bad expereinces with them in my .30-30 and have seen bad results in .45-70, .444, and .357 with them. On paper it looks like a very good performer and doesn't need the extra help anyway.

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don't know what kind of scope it has

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In the pic, it looks like a really BIG one!

As far as the 308 Marlin Express round itself, It's basically a remake of the 307 Winchester. Both were developed to provide near 308 Winchester ballistics in a lever action rifle using rimmed brass. Typical ever actions like the Marlin are not as sturdy as the typical bolt action rifle. Consequently, they can't safely handle the higher pressure of rounds like the 308 Win. In order to generate near 308 Win ballistics, the 308 Marlin Express brass at thicker at the base to safely handle the high pressures. I don't know if anyone other than Hornady makes ammo for it. Handloading for it could be tricky if brass production is discontinued. OTOH, I've read about some hand loaders using modified 444 Marlin or 307 Winchester brass to load the 308 Marlin Express. Interesting Article About the 308 ME

Looks like its in good shape too.

Remimgton makes corelokt ammo for it. Never go wrong with corelokt.