I have never heard of a Puma lever rifle before. Is Puma the actual manufacturer? Three weeks ago I bought my first lever gun; an 1980 built 336c in 35 remington. I love the gun. When I bought it it had a 8 lb trigger pull. I put a Wild West trigger on it and now its a sweet 3 lb pull. 35 ammo isnt the most common round to find tho. Thats a nice looking gun that you have bought and 44 ought to knock a deer plenty hard.