I know this is an old video, i have this gun that my father left to me and thank you for the video this helps. I just about came out of my seat while you let the gun before you took it apart to sit on the bench while your hands kept hitting it while you spoke. Not hating, i just would have placed it on a towel or something. Great explanation of breaking it down thank you. I use this gun for deer hunting every year.
You saved my life! Pulled the wrong pin on my son's 44 carbine when I was cleaning it and it was the pin that holds the trigger in instead of the one that drops the trigger group. 2 gunsmith would not touch it to put it back together. Watched this and said I can probably do this. Had to rewind it multiple times to get it pulled down and put together but I got it! Thanks!
I love that it looks so much like a 10/22, people are shocked when they find out it's a .44 Magnum. I wish it had a higher capacity magazine, but it's still a super fun gun to shoot. I had two, a standard one that was a little rough and an RS (the peep sight model) in beautiful condition, I sold the standard one to my friend and he fell in love.
Great guns! Light and quick, I've carefully harvested several deer with it over the years. The 44 mag is PLENTY to procure venison! Leaves a nice drain hole. 😄 Good luck getting all of that back together. Much respect.
I remember the first time I took mine apart. I took one look at that trigger group and thought, "ain't no way in hell I'm taking that apart because there ain't no way in hell I'll ever get it back together".
If the trigger assemble is working properly why take it apart? Throw the complete assemble in an ultra-sonic cleaner or clean manually/inspect/lubricate move on to the next assemble? The other parts clean/repair as needed/inspect/lube/assemble separately. So as to not confuse parts. Just thoughts for the inexperienced. Your video will help many from chasing springs/parts shot across the floor. Having left over parts, etc. Excellent rifle the Ruger 44 carbine. Nice job Amigo. Peace from Texas
My first one, which was stolen and still hasn't been recovered, leaded up when I shot the only commercial .44 ammo I could find through it - the Winchester SWC which had the Luballoy coating on the bullets. I had to tear it down and de-lead the whole gas system. I found another one in an estate sale I was hired to prep for sale and took it in trade. In the intervening years since my first DeerStalker, I became a handloader, bullet caster and powder-coater and police/military armorer. I have avoided using lead bullets in the current .44 and in my other gas guns after trusting some copper-washed .30 Carbine bullets and having to de-solder the gas system in an M1 Carbine. I've powder-coated some appropriate weight .44 bullets of a shape that feeds in my .44, but have heard about PC fouling the gas systems of other gas guns and remain a bit leery of running these through my Ruger. I use them regularly in three other .44 rifles; a 788, a Handi-Rifle and a B92, not to mention a variety of revolvers, and I haven't had any PC fouling with any of them. Question for readers: should I try the PC'd bullets in my DeerStalker? Otherwise, I'm stuck loading only jacketed bullets for it. That's fine for hunting, but I take my guns out and warm 'em up pretty regularly and the kind of field shooting I do eats up a lot of ammo, so cast bullets are a lot more affordable. If I try this and it works out, I'll test PC in the .30 carbine, and then the M5 .308 and the Garand.
Thanks for trigger disassembly video! I bought one of these rifle a couple years ago. The first time I shot it was the last. The trigger pull had to be eight plus pounds. After I watched your video this morning I took mine apart, stoned and polished the trigger group and it now brakes at a crisp 64 oz. It’s so crisp it feels closer to 3 lbs than 4. You were right, the springs were a little challenging to put back along with trying to figure out where the inner part of the springs tuck under. Thanks again!
I just bought one of these, I may use it for deer this fall. It seems it hadn't been cleaned in a while. It had dried up oil in the action. Your straight forward approach made understanding disassembly easy. Thanks for the video.
Loved the cometary and video. Learned a lot from your video. I Finally found one for myself but the trigger pull is ridiculously hard. Like 7pound or more. How difficult is it to get the trigger pull below 3 pounds. Or is it possible?
Just stumbled across this post. Thanks a ton for the info. I recently acquired a 1976 edition. I have no history on it other than it was loaded when I acquired it from a family member. I seem to recall having issues unloading it but I was a bit freaked out having found it in that state so I don't really remember, unfortunately. I bought some Zoom snap caps recently and couldn't get them to load properly. The round gets hung up at an angle and gets jammed up when trying to load the round. I broke the gun down, except the trigger group, per your video, and cleaned everything I could get to. Reassembled and same result. I measured the snap caps and noticed they are about .03" shorter than Remington .44mag ammo that I bought hoping to go shoot this thing. I don't want to try to load live ammo here at home. If I load a round directly it ejects perfectly. Any thoughts on worn-out springs or other areas that might cause failures to load?
@@UndertheGun I did subscribe. My lifter was sticking but I was afraid to take the trigger group apart but your video gave me the confidence I could get it back together. I polished up all the parts that were slightly corroded and it seems to be working better now but I'll have to test fire it to be sure.
Thank you for the video! I have had one of these for about 35 years, my grandfather found it in a pawnshop and my dad bought it for me for a hundred bucks. Pretty sure it has never been taken apart. Then again, I've only shot about 50 rounds through it (sad, I know) and last time it was fired was about 30 years ago. It was stored at my dad's house for about 25 years while I was in college and then the Navy. Getting back into guns now and plan to take it to the range. Should I break it down and clean everything first? Or just give it a "whatever I can reach" cleaning/lubiing and take it to the range, then give it a deep clean breakdown after? Thanks again for the video! Well done.
Wow.... Thanks for this video. I'm pretty much a nube but I've got one of these and I'm always interested in how any firearm really breaks down and works. Got to say this makes me really want to avoid this breakdown unless it is really required. That said.... is there any real reason - beside something straight up being broken - that I should even consider a tear down this far for this rifle? It works fine so I don't think I've got any lead/ gas feed issues.... Can I stick to just the basic cleaning and file this video away in the 'worst case' file?? Thanks again for the great video. Really easy to follow. Makes me think of a few tools I should get/ make myself too.
I love your videos its helped me on a few guns but when I took my 44 carbine apart I had to fight my charging handle. I actually got the action bar and charging handle out as one piece. Then when I had to put it back together I had to hammer the action bar back on to the charging handle while in the receiver. Do you have any suggestions on ways the solve this problem next time I take it apart. Thank you
Question - I have an older version 44 carbine thats in nice condition but it is missing part of the RED Ring on the safety. Do you know if its a red rubber "O" ring or other material & how would I replace it? Great video, I will check out your other vids too! Thanks
Quick question....where and where not should I oil the weapon? I have the same model that was given to me and it was neglected ( dont get me started 😡). But I want to know the basic areas to oil the weapon as I see a lot of contact areas.
Would you know why mine only holds 3 rounds in its magazine tube? And my trigger won't go the first time but after I let my finger off it and engage it again the shot goes off with a surprise no feel to the trigger at all, and it won't cycle a new round often or mostly catching the empty case in the action Sum-Times sideways
Mine won’t feed the next round occasionally, but I’d hate to have it happen when a deer walks out. Running 240 grain soft point Winchester white box. I feel like maybe the mag tube wasn’t seated correctly. Anyway, I’ll try it this weekend and see what I get.
It does cycle manually. I think either the mag tube wasn’t seated properly (the little unload button wasn’t really letting the cartridges pop out) or the gas adjustment screw needs to be tightened. I did a cleaning and the unload button works now. I’ll test this weekend. I appreciate your video. Thanks for doing it. Not a lot out there on this gun. I have to ask, in the manual it doesn’t seem clear how far to actually disassemble the weapon for regular cleaning. In one section it talks about just removing it from the stock for a basic “field strip”. Then later it describes taking it down more, basically removing the trigger assembly and bolt. Not as far as you go though. What is needed for a cleaning for this weapon? Seems like you should go all the way to at least taking the bolt out, but it seems like the manual and a lot of people only take it out of the stock and I guess just clean it and oil it like that. Any advice?
Hey i have a question for you I recently bought a 44 carbine from 1976 But my rifle looks totally different from the usual ones i see i have a "special" back sight its like a big fishfin on the base of the barrel Could i send you some pictures of it in any way cause its difficult to explain I never found a similar one on the internet Thank you in advance
Mine is having a feed issue as well. After the first round is fired it releases the next round but the lifter does not raise up to chamber the next round. Anyone had this issue or know what the problem might be? Thanks.
I have one of these guns. A 25 year anniversary one that was left to me by a friend who passed away. I can not get it to lift forward and up and out of the black block to remove it from the stock. Any ideas?
@@UndertheGun Barrel band off, Action locked open. I finally removed the buttplate and the rear mounting block screw. The rear block is attached to the back of the gun and it will not come off altho I have not gone all out as I dont want to mar the finish as I can field strip it for cleaning withou hammering on the block. Im not a novice at taking guns apart and have been in the business for the better part of 25 years. I hadnt ran across too many of these to take apart, just wanted to know if there is anyway to get that rear mounting block loose fro the back of the receiver
Not without taking the gun out of the action first. Just lay a thick towel down on the bench and hold it by the stock and smack the barrel on the towel. I think it is just tight. They are like that sometimes.
Bonjour a tous du Canada I have a same rifle the the vidéoclip i'm a retired refrigération mechanic and i have a limit where i can go why gunsmitting is a trade i think it's better go to the gunsmith then disassemby completely the rifle know your limit
My slide is locked closed. Any idea how I can fix this? I tried taking the gun apart but can’t becaus the slide won’t go back. I’ve tried taking the screw out from inside the butt and still won’t comenout
@@UndertheGun I have one and love it, sadly, the front tab on the trigger group that mounts into the barrel is broken, I've been informed that because it's cast pot metal, it can't be welded.
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I know this is an old video, i have this gun that my father left to me and thank you for the video this helps. I just about came out of my seat while you let the gun before you took it apart to sit on the bench while your hands kept hitting it while you spoke. Not hating, i just would have placed it on a towel or something. Great explanation of breaking it down thank you. I use this gun for deer hunting every year.
“Don’t fuck with it” - sage advice indeed!
You saved my life! Pulled the wrong pin on my son's 44 carbine when I was cleaning it and it was the pin that holds the trigger in instead of the one that drops the trigger group. 2 gunsmith would not touch it to put it back together. Watched this and said I can probably do this. Had to rewind it multiple times to get it pulled down and put together but I got it! Thanks!
"Gunsmiths"...lol
I love that it looks so much like a 10/22, people are shocked when they find out it's a .44 Magnum. I wish it had a higher capacity magazine, but it's still a super fun gun to shoot. I had two, a standard one that was a little rough and an RS (the peep sight model) in beautiful condition, I sold the standard one to my friend and he fell in love.
Great guns! Light and quick, I've carefully harvested several deer with it over the years. The 44 mag is PLENTY to procure venison! Leaves a nice drain hole. 😄 Good luck getting all of that back together. Much respect.
I remember the first time I took mine apart. I took one look at that trigger group and thought, "ain't no way in hell I'm taking that apart because there ain't no way in hell I'll ever get it back together".
If the trigger assemble is working properly why take it apart? Throw the complete assemble in an ultra-sonic cleaner or clean manually/inspect/lubricate move on to the next assemble? The other parts clean/repair as needed/inspect/lube/assemble separately. So as to not confuse parts. Just thoughts for the inexperienced.
Your video will help many from chasing springs/parts shot across the floor. Having left over parts, etc. Excellent rifle the Ruger 44 carbine.
Nice job Amigo.
Peace from Texas
My first one, which was stolen and still hasn't been recovered, leaded up when I shot the only commercial .44 ammo I could find through it - the Winchester SWC which had the Luballoy coating on the bullets. I had to tear it down and de-lead the whole gas system. I found another one in an estate sale I was hired to prep for sale and took it in trade. In the intervening years since my first DeerStalker, I became a handloader, bullet caster and powder-coater and police/military armorer. I have avoided using lead bullets in the current .44 and in my other gas guns after trusting some copper-washed .30 Carbine bullets and having to de-solder the gas system in an M1 Carbine. I've powder-coated some appropriate weight .44 bullets of a shape that feeds in my .44, but have heard about PC fouling the gas systems of other gas guns and remain a bit leery of running these through my Ruger. I use them regularly in three other .44 rifles; a 788, a Handi-Rifle and a B92, not to mention a variety of revolvers, and I haven't had any PC fouling with any of them.
Question for readers: should I try the PC'd bullets in my DeerStalker? Otherwise, I'm stuck loading only jacketed bullets for it. That's fine for hunting, but I take my guns out and warm 'em up pretty regularly and the kind of field shooting I do eats up a lot of ammo, so cast bullets are a lot more affordable. If I try this and it works out, I'll test PC in the .30 carbine, and then the M5 .308 and the Garand.
Dont know about PC, but you can get plated bullets much cheaper than jacketed.
Thanks for trigger disassembly video! I bought one of these rifle a couple years ago. The first time I shot it was the last. The trigger pull had to be eight plus pounds. After I watched your video this morning I took mine apart, stoned and polished the trigger group and it now brakes at a crisp 64 oz. It’s so crisp it feels closer to 3 lbs than 4. You were right, the springs were a little challenging to put back along with trying to figure out where the inner part of the springs tuck under. Thanks again!
Glad I could help
Note to self:….. don’t fuck with trigger group,you’ll never get it back together 💯
Great video and camera angle for this take down. Thank you!!
Thanks for the awesome video I had one for years an loved it never had the sack to completely disassemble mine
I always thought the 10 22 was Rugers first rifle. I guess you learn something new every day.
I just bought one of these, I may use it for deer this fall. It seems it hadn't been cleaned in a while. It had dried up oil in the action. Your straight forward approach made understanding disassembly easy. Thanks for the video.
very cool rifle. seems like a lot of trouble to take down & reassemble
Loved the cometary and video. Learned a lot from your video. I Finally found one for myself but the trigger pull is ridiculously hard. Like 7pound or more. How difficult is it to get the trigger pull below 3 pounds. Or is it possible?
I've always wanted one of those. Thanks for the look.
They are cool guns
I have one of these. Cool guns. It’s actually very similar size and shape to the Mini 14/30. Stock is almost identical.
Ithaca’s model #37 was called the deer slayer, I guess it was close enough to make them stop calling theirs that.
Hope the reassembly comes soon! Thanks a lot man!
I do have a reassembly video up.
Excellent info!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us amateur gun nuts..
Just stumbled across this post. Thanks a ton for the info. I recently acquired a 1976 edition. I have no history on it other than it was loaded when I acquired it from a family member. I seem to recall having issues unloading it but I was a bit freaked out having found it in that state so I don't really remember, unfortunately. I bought some Zoom snap caps recently and couldn't get them to load properly. The round gets hung up at an angle and gets jammed up when trying to load the round. I broke the gun down, except the trigger group, per your video, and cleaned everything I could get to. Reassembled and same result. I measured the snap caps and noticed they are about .03" shorter than Remington .44mag ammo that I bought hoping to go shoot this thing. I don't want to try to load live ammo here at home. If I load a round directly it ejects perfectly.
Any thoughts on worn-out springs or other areas that might cause failures to load?
Great video! Please do a reassembly.
There is one. Go to my channel.
@@UndertheGun I did subscribe. My lifter was sticking but I was afraid to take the trigger group apart but your video gave me the confidence I could get it back together. I polished up all the parts that were slightly corroded and it seems to be working better now but I'll have to test fire it to be sure.
@@killvon5490 Right on
Thank you for the video! I have had one of these for about 35 years, my grandfather found it in a pawnshop and my dad bought it for me for a hundred bucks. Pretty sure it has never been taken apart. Then again, I've only shot about 50 rounds through it (sad, I know) and last time it was fired was about 30 years ago. It was stored at my dad's house for about 25 years while I was in college and then the Navy. Getting back into guns now and plan to take it to the range.
Should I break it down and clean everything first?
Or just give it a "whatever I can reach" cleaning/lubiing and take it to the range, then give it a deep clean breakdown after?
Thanks again for the video! Well done.
I think you should sell it to me! I hope you've taken it back to the range and enjoyed it!! Thank you for your service!
Wow.... Thanks for this video. I'm pretty much a nube but I've got one of these and I'm always interested in how any firearm really breaks down and works. Got to say this makes me really want to avoid this breakdown unless it is really required. That said.... is there any real reason - beside something straight up being broken - that I should even consider a tear down this far for this rifle? It works fine so I don't think I've got any lead/ gas feed issues.... Can I stick to just the basic cleaning and file this video away in the 'worst case' file?? Thanks again for the great video. Really easy to follow. Makes me think of a few tools I should get/ make myself too.
This is something that a gun needs every now and then.
I love your videos its helped me on a few guns but when I took my 44 carbine apart I had to fight my charging handle. I actually got the action bar and charging handle out as one piece. Then when I had to put it back together I had to hammer the action bar back on to the charging handle while in the receiver. Do you have any suggestions on ways the solve this problem next time I take it apart. Thank you
Not without having it in hand. There may be some burs or something preventing it from fitting correctly.
Question - I have an older version 44 carbine thats in nice condition but it is missing part of the RED Ring on the safety. Do you know if its a red rubber "O" ring or other material & how would I replace it? Great video, I will check out your other vids too! Thanks
Its just paint.
Yep, just paint.
Please let me know wen you add... good channel and content.
Quick question....where and where not should I oil the weapon? I have the same model that was given to me and it was neglected ( dont get me started 😡). But I want to know the basic areas to oil the weapon as I see a lot of contact areas.
Very light oil anywhere you see metal on metal wear.
Would you know why mine only holds 3 rounds in its magazine tube? And my trigger won't go the first time but after I let my finger off it and engage it again the shot goes off with a surprise no feel to the trigger at all, and it won't cycle a new round often or mostly catching the empty case in the action Sum-Times sideways
I would have to have it in my hands.
Mine won’t feed the next round occasionally, but I’d hate to have it happen when a deer walks out. Running 240 grain soft point Winchester white box. I feel like maybe the mag tube wasn’t seated correctly. Anyway, I’ll try it this weekend and see what I get.
May be time for a new action spring. Order both and have them swapped out. It is cheap insurance.
If the spring were the issue, would the weapon fail to cycle manually?
@@plutovulgus7710 yes
It does cycle manually. I think either the mag tube wasn’t seated properly (the little unload button wasn’t really letting the cartridges pop out) or the gas adjustment screw needs to be tightened. I did a cleaning and the unload button works now. I’ll test this weekend.
I appreciate your video. Thanks for doing it. Not a lot out there on this gun. I have to ask, in the manual it doesn’t seem clear how far to actually disassemble the weapon for regular cleaning. In one section it talks about just removing it from the stock for a basic “field strip”. Then later it describes taking it down more, basically removing the trigger assembly and bolt. Not as far as you go though.
What is needed for a cleaning for this weapon? Seems like you should go all the way to at least taking the bolt out, but it seems like the manual and a lot of people only take it out of the stock and I guess just clean it and oil it like that. Any advice?
@@plutovulgus7710 That is really up to you. Take it as far apart as you feel is necessary.
Hey i have a question for you
I recently bought a 44 carbine from 1976
But my rifle looks totally different from the usual ones i see
i have a "special" back sight its like a big fishfin on the base of the barrel
Could i send you some pictures of it in any way
cause its difficult to explain
I never found a similar one on the internet
Thank you in advance
Mine is having a feed issue as well. After the first round is fired it releases the next round but the lifter does not raise up to chamber the next round. Anyone had this issue or know what the problem might be?
Thanks.
Not without having it in my hands.
Looking for a 44 magnum carbine stock. Any comments besides good luck ??
I would love to see the trigger group reassembled.. when I watch it backwards, I can’t understand what you are saying...lol
That video is coming next.
I have one of these guns. A 25 year anniversary one that was left to me by a friend who passed away. I can not get it to lift forward and up and out of the black block to remove it from the stock. Any ideas?
Lock the action open.
The action was locked open any other suggestions?@@UndertheGun
I mean.....you did take the barrel band off right?
@@UndertheGun Barrel band off, Action locked open. I finally removed the buttplate and the rear mounting block screw. The rear block is attached to the back of the gun and it will not come off altho I have not gone all out as I dont want to mar the finish as I can field strip it for cleaning withou hammering on the block. Im not a novice at taking guns apart and have been in the business for the better part of 25 years. I hadnt ran across too many of these to take apart, just wanted to know if there is anyway to get that rear mounting block loose fro the back of the receiver
Not without taking the gun out of the action first. Just lay a thick towel down on the bench and hold it by the stock and smack the barrel on the towel. I think it is just tight. They are like that sometimes.
Bonjour a tous du Canada I have a same rifle the the vidéoclip i'm a retired refrigération mechanic
and i have a limit where i can go why gunsmitting is a trade i think it's better go to the gunsmith
then disassemby completely the rifle know your limit
My slide is locked closed. Any idea how I can fix this? I tried taking the gun apart but can’t becaus the slide won’t go back. I’ve tried taking the screw out from inside the butt and still won’t comenout
I would have to have it in my hands
@@UndertheGun I have one and love it, sadly, the front tab on the trigger group that mounts into the barrel is broken, I've been informed that because it's cast pot metal, it can't be welded.
@@edwardstone9963 might try brass brazing
@@UndertheGun thank you, I'll keep that in mind.
I can't get my action all the way back so I can't get the stock off. Please help if you can. Also can't release the safety.
Could you PLEASE (!!!!!) do a disassembly on a .44mag Deerslayer??!! Please. I cant find a damn thing on it.
If I can find one.
Under the Gun where are you? I have one.
Under the Gun I should’ve said Deerfield rather yuan what i said.
@@bomguy999999 I knew what you meant
Please get a pad under it I cringe when I hear it banging on the bench!!
Because soft pine is gonna scratch steal?