Since no serial number, all you can know is that it was made before the 1968 law requiring serial numbers. I think the 99m1 was first manufactured in 1964. It is the same action as the model 60. To find out more information on your Marlin Firearm, please email us at [email protected] and give us all the information on the particular firearm, including model, serial number, caliber, barrel markings, etc. You can also call us at 800-544-8892.
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Finally got out to shoot my Marlin M99 M1.22 rifle yesterday.Published specs on the rifle says it has a magazine capacity of 9, so I filled it with 9 and had feeding problems. I experimented with the round count and found that 8 rounds in the magazine made the rifle run perfectly. Overall I shot about 75 rounds without a problem and the rifle seems to be just breaking in after all these years. I really suspect that this rifle was put away and hardly shot at all by it's original owner. Seems the cobwebs slowly vanished the more I fired it. Trigger pull is nice and getting better.
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Groups were shooting to the left and soon I get the sights dialed in. I like this rifle alotI found a scope mount for my.22 Benjamin air rifle at Bass Pro Shops and had some fun with it. Got some blisters from air pumping and I realize a air rifle isn't very accurate through a smooth bore It was a good day out and it's starting to get hot in the Nevada desert. I had to work on saturday so I took a trip to the gun show today to find a near mint Marlin Model 99 M1.22 rifle. I saw it on a dealers table and I really thought it was some kind of special re-issue. Super clean with some tiny, tiny dings on the wood.
$159 private saleI asked the seller if this was some newly manufactured rifle from Marlin (yeah, it was that clean). He said it was a pre serial number rifle so it was probably made in the 60s. I couldn't believe someone didn't buy it on saturday and the dealer said that a lot of guys said they would be back for it later. I am glad I got it first! Features the early Marlin trademarks like the golden trigger and the bullseye in the stock. I had about half a dozen people ask to look at it and many more stares as I browsed the other tables.Overall another typical gun show. Ammo prices are very high and I don't see it coming down anytime soon (if ever).
I would have liked to buy some bulk 7.62x39,.223 or 9mm but I just took home this budget minded plinker instead.
One of the earliest Marlin 22 rf autos. They started making them in the late 1950s, a time when autos were new to civilians. They were low cost but well made and build. The design has laste decades, and they make a nice small game or plinking rifle. They made lots of versions grom model 99 to model 99G. Even marketed under a marlin/Glenfield models slightly cheaper with plainer stocks.
It is a simple blow back design. They even made a 'M1 Carbine' model for a while.No serial number means yours is and early one probably built from 1959 to 1968. Prior to 1968 few 22 rifles had serial numbers, as they were low cost, and even puting the serial number on cost a few cents more. The 1968 Gun Control Act changed that and made everygun have a serial number, so that helps date it.parts are still readily available. Try the manufacturer (web site) Marlin orYou have a nice rifle. Hello, Chris,Thanks for the reply. Did some searching on the Internet and found that my rifle was manufacturedJanuary 1965.Cool, huh?Numrich has a replacement front sight for around $12, but the screw to hold it on-$3.65!
Mighty expensive screw!Marlin website was no help at all. I did find out that the Model 60 sight is interchangeable with the Model99, even though there is only one screw on the Mod 60 and two on the Mod 99. Took the sight off my Mod60 and mounted on the Mod 99.Presto! It works fine.
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Now to find an inexpensive Mod 60 sight.grin.See ya later,Tony.
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