No more than 100 USD
Any that have the appropriate sized barrel
Marlin Firearms Co.
You will have to take it to a gunsmith for a chamber cast
Can't be determined from the markings you list.
In guns including firearms, caliber or calibre is the approximate diameter of the barrel and by extension the projectile used in it, measured in inches or millimetres. The 20mm caliber ammo is the biggest one in production.
"Caliber" refers to the size of the bullet the gun fires, or more specifically, the size of the bore, which is the size of the hole in the barrel.
10-100 USD or so
Need to know who made it, barrel length, barrel profile, caliber, type of sights, finish. Where did you get your definition of what "good" means in relation to firearms?
Gun shop, gun store. BTW, Ruge never made any firearms with a barrel that short.
FIC did not make firearms, they imported them. No way to answer without a detailed description of all markings, barrel length, caliber, stock, sights, finish, condition, etc..
Two different meanings for firearms. For artillery, caliber is the relation of the diameter of the bore to the length of the barrel. A gun on a Navy Destroyer might be known as a 5 inch 38 caliber- meaning it fires a 5 inch diameter shell, and the barrel is 38 times 5 inches long. However, for rifles and handguns, it means the fractions of one inch that equal the diameter of the bore. So a .30 caliber rifle has a bore than measures ABOUT .30 inches, a .50 caliber ABOUT .50 inches, and so on. Some firearms have measurements from the metric system- a 9millimeter pistol has a bore diameter of ABOUT 9mm.
It was manufactured in 1901. The people at the Cody FIrearms Museum can tell you what caliber it was when it was made (and it should still be the same if it has not been rechambered) if you send them the serial number and $50. Or you could read what is stamped on the side of the barrel.