Ruger .44 Magnum Deerfield 99 44 Carbine Semi Auto

Ruger’s .44 Carbine, fondly known as the Deerstalker, enjoyed a production run from its introduction in 1961 until its discontinuance in 1985. For 30 years now, it has been one of our top 10 most sought after rifles, even for people who never deer hunt. That demand strength led Sturm Ruger to produce some 17,000 units of the variant showing in the photos, the 99/44 Deerfield Rifle, from 2000 until 2006. From this specimen’s 630-05000 range serial number, it was manufactured early in 2001, second year of production. It comes to us from its exclusive Fayette County, Tennessee owner, who only occasionally deer hunts. Manufacturer was Sturm Ruger’s Southport CT plant, and so marked. Numbered model is CS9944; Construction is steel barrel, receiver, bolt, trigger group, internal parts, and factory scope rings, with dark stained birchwood stock; and with anodized alloy barrel band and glossy polymer butt plate. Type is gas operated semi automatic carbine. While the original 44 Carbine was influenced by the venerable .30 M1 in its design, the Deerfield harks to the Mini 14 with its distinctive M1 Garand type bolt and gas system. Barrel is 18.5 inch blue steel, six groove 1:20 Rifling. Chambering is .44 Remington Magnum Caliber only, and factory specs call for a minimum bullet weight of 215 grains, jacketed bullets only to prevent fouling to the gas system – no cast lead bullets. Maximum cartridge length should not exceed 1.610 inches, or 255 grain bullet weight. Magazine is polymer and steel rotary type, holds 4 rounds of ammunition, 4+1 round capacity. Sights are traditional Ruger collar type on the muzzle, .240 high bead contoured blade front sight, with folding old style Mini 14 aperture rear sight, dovetailed into the receiver that is adjustable for elevation and drift adjustable only for windage. Receiver is dovetailed for Ruger factory steel S100RH type rings, and the rings are included. Overall length is a compact 37 inches. Length of pull on the Buttstock measures at 13 1/2 inches from the face of the smooth blue steel .370 trigger to the concave center of the polymer butt plate. Trigger on this specimen gauges at 4 3/4 pounds with moderate felt creep, about .20 inch worth of travel. Weight empty with no scope is 6 1/4 pounds; Rings have only held a K4 Japanese Weaver, and both we and the original owner have been careful not to switch or reverse the ring tops. Weight empty with the scope in place was 7 pounds 3 ounces with center of gravity at the bolt face. We have included a Ruger Factory Box and a downloaded instruction manual. Surface detractions on this Deerfield are minimal; all we see is faint amounts of operation whitening to the bolt surface, and no more than a half dozen small scours and streaks on the left side of the Buttstock. We classify this 99/44 as Excellent, 90 to 95 percent vicinity by our estimate, but photos ought to suffice for our distinguished shoppers to judge finish grade for themselves. Bore, chamber, magazine, and mechanism are all bright and clean. From this rifle’s superb condition and from our knowledge of its very conservative, careful owner, we estimate it has been fired fewer than 100 times. We see specimens not as nice as this one for prices upwards of $1500 apiece. We’re offering the Second Year Ruger .44 Magnum Carbine in the photos, however, for only $ 989.00. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> $20 lower 48; $60 AK, HI, PR, UPS or USPS. No Returns on NIB, Lay-away, or Ammo. Lay-away OK, 20% down, 90 days to pay. We Buy, Sell, or Trade we always have, since 1952.