What kind of fun is this?

Good photo. But it is not all rusted up. I recently refinished one that was the same color as the wood stock, plus had a few parts missing.

Gun manufactures are real proud of the firearms they make. And they stamp as much information on the barrel and receiver as they can to tell you! Honest.

Look on the left, top and right sides of the barrel. There you should find stamped into the metal this information: firearm manufacture, model name and number, address. and patent number.

On the receiver...that's where the barrel is attached to, you may find the same information plus a serial number.

One caveat here, years ago firearm manufactures were not required to put serial numbers on the firearms they made. If you don't find one, no big deal.

If you cannot find the information by yourself, take the firearm to a gunsmith and they should be able to help you. They may also be able to do the work to find out if your firearm is serviceable and safe to shoot, plus find parts to make it whole again.

Or you can do the work by yourself. you need a schematic and parts source like Numrich Gun Parts corporation. Plus a complete takedown and assembly book such as the NRA rifle and shotgun takedown and assembly book. Best bet is to go to a gunshop or book store and find a book that has your model or a similar model with the similar parts, an similar takedown/assembly instructions.

And inert dummy rounds to work the action with to see if the firearm functions as it should.

Kinda-sorta expect some problems. Such as parts damaged, worn than need replaced. Which could have been the main reason why the gun was put out of service and not used for a good long time.

Julian, ok lets start from scratch. First off take the rifle and go over it with at every angle; your looking for markings on the barrel, words, numbers, or symbols. It would be nice to see something like Remington, Glenfield or another manufactures name. Or a caliber on the barrel. For a forum like this you should show pictures from both sides, and the top as a minimum. I would post at least 5, both sides, the top, full view and a close up on the bolt / action side. Post some photos like that and any wording or markings you find and see what comes up.

From your photos - it looks .......... like a gun. Yup. It's a gun of some kind. Probably bolt action, and seems to have the bolt missing.

Your photos - how can I say this nicely? Suck? Yeah, suck. We really needed to look at the other side, the right side, not the left. We also need to see any places where parts might be missing - and - we need 'in focus' + 'properly lighted' photos of any markings. (go visit www.gunbroker.com and look all the nice pictures people take for auctions? Yeah, your pictures need to look like that)

Unless you + all us can read the make and model stamped on this gun - you wont be buying any parts.

its not a 10/22. 10/22's have a boxy receiver with the ejection port open to the right side.

your photos sucks, and yahoo makes it worse by shrinking uploaded photos and compressing them so they're all blurry and crappy. take new photos and host them on imgur.

virtually all firearms have the manufacturer, model and caliber stamped into the metal on the left side of the gun. even if the gun has rust all over it the markings should still be legible. some guns just have model & manufacturer, others have only the manufacturer, you can research the brand and usually you'll be able to find the model even if its not stamped into the gun.

if you can't find specifics on the internet, you can ask about it here, just remember my tip with not using yahoo to host the images, get good clear photos of all the markings on the gun, and type out all that you have been able to read on the gun.

we should be able to help out if you can get us the information we need. i know many of the people in hunting section are very knowledgeable about older firearms, many of us has the blue book of gun values at our disposal to identify obscure firearms.

May be a ruger 10/22

A nice looking pile of rust and total junk.

Not worth wasting the photo on let alone even thinking of doing it up.

That is a major fail. The bolt, bolt handle, extractor, and ejection port are somewhat unique and you took a picture of the opposite side of the gun. Try again.

I would guess its a 22 rifle.

But you need to do better close up pics.......unless by chance someone can recognize the gun.