As a lover of the Marlin levergun, one thing I have noted in any of them upon I have mounted a scope is the necessity for a cheek piece. The factory comb height, at least for me, is ideal for the factory irons, but leaves me far too low when running a scope. Below is one of my wife's 1895's, note the optic is about as low as it can be, but she needs almost a full inch of comb rise to center in the optic (makes sense, right? 40mm optic, ~1/8" clearance above the sights, that means the crosshairs are centered about an inch higher than the irons).
I'm a firm believer the optic is for the shooter, not for the rifle, so you'll note we have a 4.5-14x optic on top. With the turret cap removed, we can dial up for 300+ yards- which means we can access a lot more of the effective range than most folks typically consider out of the powerful 45-70.
Seldom few things in life do I enjoy more than carrying a short handling, scoped levergun afield after game.