I have always loved leverguns. I own and or have owned most of them.
My favorite and most used is an old Browning BLR in .308 win, but I have several original Winchesters, and a couple of Browning reproductions, another favorite being a Browning 86 carbine, 45/70.
Of course the Winchester model 94's are favorites.
All of those guns wear open iron sights or receiver sights, except for the Browning BLR. Lately, I have been shooting several hogs at relatively close range with my 86 Browning 45/70 and watching several more being shot by other calibers in bolt guns, and frankly I have been very happy with the knockdown performance of my 45/70, but my eyes are getting older and sometimes I feel the need for a low power scope, so I decided to try one of the new Marlin 1895's in 45/70.
I have owned a couple of the Marlins before, but they went down the gun trading trail years ago. I had been eyeing the some of the Guide Gun variations for a long time and pulled the trigger today and ordered one of the Marlin big lever carbines. This one is blackened stainless and has an olive green laminated wood stock. It has a green textured paint on the stock. I don't know it looks kind of cool, and I like the looks of it better then the grey Laminate stocks and brighter stainless steel.
However, I am crossing my fingers that the craftsmanship will be acceptable, and it will work fairly smooth. I know that for a few years, the Marlins suffered a drop in quality and craftsmanship after they got bought out, but most of the newer ones lately have looked to be better to me.
Anyway, at close range, under a 100yds, the 45/70 has always done great for me so I am looking forward to getting a new levergun and adding a low powered scope to it.