How To Identify Old .22 Rifle With No Markings?

[Plan2Live]

My uncle died about three years ago. Over the weekend his long guns were more or less placed in my care and custody but they are supposed to remain at my mother's house until my aunt passes. Mom's house is 600 miles from where I live and I am now back at my home. There is a .22 bolt action rifle with no markings on it whatsoever. No manufacturer, no model number, no serial number, nothing. There is a very good chance this rifle could have been from his childhood in the late 30s. I didn't have time or proper lighting to snap close-up photos, sorry. Does anyone have any suggestions of which manufacturer didn't stamp their rifles?

 

[dfariswheel]

Many old .22 rifles never had serial numbers, but I don't recall ever seeing even a cheap .22 without at least some manufacturer stamps.
Usually the makers stamp would be on the barrel, but sometimes on the receiver.

It's possible the stamps were removed after some rust was sanded off.

Possibly it's a foreign made rifle.

 

[22250Rem]

Lots of .22's that old never had serial numbers and I'm surprised there's no other I.D. stamps. Like the previous poster mentioned they could have been inadvertently removed by rust removal or polishing prior to refinishing. Some lower price guns were made for retailers and didn't have the actual manufacturer name on them but usually a "house brand" marking like guns sold by Sears Roebuck & Co. . Once you can post pictures of it someplace like right here it should be much easier to identify with all the collective knowledge available on a site like this.

 

[caribou]

Post a crappy , blurry picture and Im sure we can zero in on the type of rifle your dealing with

No serial number was required for domestic gun manufactures/imports before 1968, and at the present if your building at home, for yourself.

 

[PWC]

Remove from stock and look under the barrel.

Remove butt stock cap; if there is a hole he msy have put something in there. My grandfather had his hunting licenses ftom 1923, 24, 25, 27, 31 and 32 in his. If he was hunting, he had his license.

 

[fpgt72]

Remove from stock and look under the barrel.

Remove butt stock cap; if there is a hole he msy have put something in there. My grandfather had his hunting licenses ftom 1923, 24, 25, 27, 31 and 32 in his. If he was hunting, he had his license.

And on that, on my guns with no SN# I will remove the butt cap and on medical tape put my info on there, just in case it ever "wonders off on its own".

About 20 years ago one of the Det. here told me that little trick, said that dirt bags never take them off, and it is real handy....and does no harm to the rifle.

But a crappy photo is better then no photo.

 

[the Black Spot]

My winchester mod 67a has no sn