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One of our Internet Marlin experts says that the Model 42 was made from 1922-1933, the last of a series of Marlin pumps. That is patent date on that internal part, my 42 has it, too. Marlin warns people not to shoot their hammered pump shotguns.
Make sure that the secondary sear is working. It should hold the hammer back while cycling the bolt. If a shell is fired without the bolt being locked up you will need a surgeon. The secondary sear spring easily rusts out and can be replaced with a .020" x .125" x .625" piece of spring steel or coping saw blade.
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