The rifle of my boyhood had no provision for mounting a scope, and the contraption of a mount ... The Leupold rings on this Marlin .22 clamp directly to a dovetail base or grooved receiver and have ...

This provides a flat mounting point on top of the receiver for optic mounts, for which the Marlin 1894 come drilled ... and can fold for use with a scope. On the front sight, the protective ...

But of all the lever guns offered by Marlin since the turn of the century ... unless they wanted to mount a scope and wanted to install a barrel-mounted rear sight as a backup.