Mossberg 44 information needed

Hi all,
My first post, thanks for having me.
I just purchased a Mossberg 44 rifle at a local Cabelas. The rifles' stock was altered (cut down-missing butt plate) and has a little blued finish left but mostly brown patina left on the metal. The serial number is 141,37X. The rear sight is a mossberg s-100, front is a covered post. receiver factory drilled for peep sight and for scope mount just left of ejection port. Both receiver and barrel marked U.S. Property.

I would like to know manufacture date, parts availability including butt plate, stock, and extra magazine. value if i get it back to original configuration.

thanks,
Robb

I found Numrich had a range of parts. I needed to repair a few bits on my M42MB and they had a good range of spares for a lot of models. Shipping some stuff to Australia can be a problem.

Firearm Parts Accessories | Military Surplus | Numrich Gun Parts

This website has not been updated for a while, but it contains good information on the Mossberg 44. http://www.cobs.com/lprgc/m44faq.htm You can get to it using bing or google, and searching by "Mossberg 44 US". I t usually shows up as the second or third site.

There are usually parts for this rifle on e-bay in the US.

Havlin Sales & Service - Mossberg Gun Parts
Good source for M-44 magazines/ parts