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The Deerfield Carbine or Model 99/44 is a .44 Magnum semi-automatic rifle produced by Sturm Ruger & Co. introduced in 2000. The rifle is based on the rotating-bolt short-stroke gas-piston Mini-14 action not the earlier Ruger Model 44 rifle first produced in 1961 which had been dropped from the Ruger lineup in 1985 due to production cost; the 1961-1962 Model 44 was marked as the Deerstalker.