Sounds similar to mine 44mc and you got a good deal on it. Yours is probably ballard rifled as well. Think it was a few years later that Marlin started microgroove rifling. I've got a Model 39 and a couple of 444's including the first year with straight grip monte carlo stock 24" barrel microgroove and another one I bought brand new with pistol grip stock, ballard rifling 1:20 twist 22" barrel. Don't care for the cross-bolt safety on it, but it's a good rifle otherwise and pretty nice wood. I sold a 1894 cowboy .45 colt a while back.
I've got several boxes of remington factory ammo for the .35 Rem, but also have dies, brass and bullets on hand for it. Have a bunch of 200 gr core-loks and hornady interlocks so no problem if another ammo shortage comes up.
