Nice rifle! I have had several of them in the past. I like the version with the aperature rear sight best. Be wary of stock cracks around the back of the action, seems to have been a problem with some of these guns.
Yeah - nice catch. I never saw one of these; but I could have bought a Ruger Deerfield; wish I had. Not quite the same rifle, but the same idea; a 44 mag carbine. The Deerfield was more like the mini-14.