The revolver cartridge 94’s feed fine. Any levergun can choke on the wrong ogive or COAL, and the Marlin does a better job of feeding both mags and specials, but the Win feeds fine unless you try to choke it with the wrong ammo.
For shorter range hunting, and low cost plinking, the 44mag 94 is a great option. They aren’t in the same type-class as the 1,000yrd capable, $300 bolt guns everybody wants these days, but if your application is hunting at shorter ranges, 0-150 or 200yrds max, the 20” 44mag will do what you need.
The 94 is one of my least favorite levergun designs. Most guys don’t care to scope their leverguns, but I’m not most guys - I prefer the solid top Marlins for the ability to run a scope. I hate the feel of the toggle link Winchester’s, as an engineer, it seems silly to have the whole top and bottom of the rifle receiver be moving parts. The AE - Angled Eject - was an attempt to make the 94 more scope friendly, but the receiver design still doesn’t really lend itself to optics...
The case colored 20” saddle ring 94AE was a vain attempt to recoup some market share at the end of their run. They were made to look like a special edition model, but they were a standard production item ran in relatively high volume, and were priced similarly to the standard production models. Didn’t matter - the 94 was well known to be too slow for the CAS/SASS shooters which they were targeting (‘cuz they were about the only folks buying leverguns in those days), so other than some ignorant newbies who didn’t know better and nostalgic wannabe cowboys, it largely died off for good reason. Such, considering 85% condition, the price is far too high. It’s not a special model, it’s barely above a base model, and 85% is pretty rough.
I enjoy the Win 94 Trappers, but only because they were $220-250 at the time (Marlin 1894’s at $350-400) and had 12.5” LOP with 16” barrels - very handy, affordable truck and saddle guns. Otherwise, there’s nothing about the Win 94 action which would intrigue me. If you’re looking for a lever action revolver carbine and open to that price ballpark, find a good/like new condition JC Marlin 1894 - maybe have to save another $200ish. I paid $900 shipped for my last 1894, new in box, stainless 44mag, about 2yrs ago, blued base models go cheaper, especially used.