No Special Markings This gun was giving to me when I was 12 I am 40 Now and have many guns, but this gun has a superior feel to it I have seen a couple around but was unable to purchase them where can I find one of these guns.

Answer:
Timothy, The Marlin Model 99M1 was a short carbine with the same tubular magazine and action as the 99 and 99U. The main difference was that the 99M1 had a wooden hand guard and an 18-inch barrel to make it look more like a US military M1 Carbine. Marlin introduced the 99M1 in hopes that the resemblance to the US M1 would appeal to the thousands of WW II veterans who had trained with and carried into combat the larger caliber US M1 carbine. The 99M1 was a success and over 160,000 were sold before production was discontinued in 1978.

Since this model has not been manufactured in over 20 years, you may have a difficult time locating one. Some good places to look would be local pawn shops, gun shows, the Gun List and Shotgun News. You could also try posting an add in the OldGuns.net free wanted list. Marc