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I don't know about any DeerFIELD carbines made by Sturm Ruger Arms but a friend of mine from Monroe Tennessee who I worked with in the Navy bought a Ruger semi-auto .44 magnum carbine for about $250 new ( course this was back in 1976-77) but his was called a DeerSLAYER carbine.
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The original Ruger 44 Magnum carbines were called "Deerstalker". Ithaca objected that this was too similar to their "Deerslayer" shotgun, so Ruger dropped the name.
It's a different rifle than the later Ruger "Deerfield".