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The Ruger Model 44 is a semi-automatic rifle chambered in .44 Remington Magnum [2] designed and manufactured by American firearm company Sturm, Ruger & Co. It uses a 4-round tubular magazine and was produced from 1961 to 1985.
The Deerfield carbine or Model 99/44 is a .44 Magnum semi-automatic rifle produced by Sturm, Ruger & Co. It uses a rotating-bolt short-stroke gas piston. [ 2 ] It was introduced in 2000 [ 3 ] and discontinued in 2006.
Rieder Automatic Rifle.303 British South Africa: 1941 Robinson Armament M96 Expeditionary: Robinson Armament Co. 5.56×45mm NATO United States: 1999 Ruger 10/17: Sturm, Ruger & Co..17 HMR United States: 1964 Ruger 10/22: Sturm, Ruger & Co..22 LR.22 Magnum United States: 1964 Ruger Deerfield carbine: Sturm, Ruger & Co..44 Magnum United States ...
Bill Ruger introduced the Model 44 as the "Deerstalker," because it combined the oomph of the .44 Mag with the familiar feel of a traditional deer rifle, all while being compact enough to maneuver ...
The .44 Magnum was an immediate commercial success. The direct descendants of the S&W Model 29 and the .44 Magnum Ruger Blackhawks are still in production, and have been joined by numerous other makes and models of .44 Magnum revolvers and even a handful of semi-automatic models, the first being produced in the 1960s. [12]
It was designed to fill the gap left when the older .45-70 cartridge was not available in new lever-action rifles; at the time it was the largest lever-action cartridge available. [1] The .444 resembles a lengthened .44 Magnum and provides a significant increase in velocity. It is usually used in the Marlin 444 lever-action rifle.
The interchangeable front sight is replaced with a pinned-in ramp sight, but the adjustable rear sight is retained. The Alaskan is available in .44 Magnum, .454 Casull/.45 Colt, and .480 Ruger; with the .480 model originally with a six-shot cylinder, but replaced in 2008 with a five-shot model to aid in spent cartridge extraction. [5]
A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls.The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile (for small arms usage, called a bullet), imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the orientation of the weapon.