We further customized the Modern Lever Hunter by axing the Pic rail and direct-mounting our MRDS with a mount we had custom made from Skinner Sights, using a smaller loop, flyweight loading gate, dovetail filler, and mag follower from Ranger Point Precision. We took Marlin’s Modern Lever Hunter to Gunsite’s inaugural Craft of the Lever Gun class taught by senior instructors Lew Gosnell, Ed Head, and Gary Smith. If you’re in the market for a top-shelf, no-nonsense Marlin guide gun, jump on the Marlin Custom Shop’s Modern Lever Hunter 45-70 package before they realize how much they’ve undervalued their time and raise the price.