I have-had an 18" barreled, pre safety, Texan. Put a 2x Leupold compact scope on extra low Weaver based and rings. It lived under the seat of my plow truck. Then my 10 year old grandson saw it. Intrigued by it, it was the first high power rifle he ever shot. He started calling it "his" Marlin. When I protested he informed me that he was my first grandson and that I knew down deep in my heart that it actually was his. He was right. This last year he took his first head of big game, an antelope, with his 30-30. Dang I miss that gun.
