RE: Ruger 44 Carbines
AKbound...its not the reliability of these 2 guns..they are after all Rugers and they all work well. Its just maybe the handguard on the deerfield and the way the action looks with that exposed clip(too militaristic) and I just plain like the old deerstalkers better. If they put a better grade of wood on the 96 I would be more interested in it also .