That's hard to answer. The Marlin 1894 is a lever rifle that doesn't lend itself to bench use. Bone stock, out of the box, the little rifle has sights that are best suited to plinking. Adding a receiver sight adds precious inches to the sight radius and makes fine accuracy easier to attain, but the rifle is best used off the bench.
However, my 1894 is generally a 3" rifle at 100 yards. It might be better, but is limited by the nut behind the stock. It will easily shoot into the area covered by the front sight.
The Marlin 1894 in .357 magnum is a wonderfully light, easily carried woods rifle. It makes an amazing companion to a .357 magnum revolver. Lots of deer and hogs have fallen to the little rifle. The big thing that most people don't understand is that the .357 magnum become a whole 'nuther cartridge when shot out of a carbine barrel. We normally see an extra 300-400 fps from the carbine barrel due simply to the longer length of the barrel. My favorite 180 grain load leaves the barrel of my revolver at 1200 fps, but jumps to 1600 fps out of my Marlin.
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