I have a bunch of Marlins and I want them all to be sighted the same so that no matter which one I pick up as I go through the back door, they shoulder and shoot the same.
My eyes don't hold the open or peep sights in low light so I have, on each rifle, the Bushnell Banner 1.5-4.5X32 mounted with Weaver Medium Quad Lock rings on a Weaver 63B base. This combo is as if made for a Marlin and
MidwayUSA offers the ring/base package.
The little Bushnell scope has impressed me, I have been using them now for over a decade and have thousands of shots downrange from everything 22 Short through the 450 Marlin. The compact scope centers on the receiver well keeping the rifle balanced where it should be, at the lever pivot point. That makes hand carry at the receiver very comfortable.
Here is the scope on a special run 1894S, chambered in 45 Colt, with a 16 1/4" ported barrel. A beautiful rifle for hunting the thorn thickets of South Texas. The 45 Colt with a cast bullet in a Marlin is impressive!
Same setup on a 336-44 Texan. This rifle was offered in the early to mid '60s. The 336RC chambered in 44 Mag. This is not the current 1894 but the full frame rifle. Still balanced.
My 1894 line up, all scoped the same...
Yeap, I'm a Marlin nut but also a Bushnell nut. Been shooting them since 1968 and I shoot them a lot. I'm in the business.