Well, it could be worse...

[Blacktail Sniper]

Just picked this up this morning from the Sheriff's Office in Kelso. 

Was taken in a burglary of my place while was at work in 2011.

Going to see if I can bring it back to some level of functionality. 

Thinking am going to have to just skip past WD40 and go with something a little stronger to start... 

[hunter399]

Little 22 mag or what .

[Blacktail Sniper]

Yup, Marlin 25MN in .22 mag. 

Had less than 2 boxes of rounds through it when somebody decided they needed it more than me.

[pianoman9701]

I'm glad it was recovered. Sorry about the condition. Was the burglar caught?

[Blacktail Sniper]

Nope, no suspects ever identified.

My Win 70 in .30/06 that was taken at the same time is still out there somewhere in the world. 

Hopefully it has been better taken of than this one was.

[Boss .300 winmag]

Was it recovered out of water/salt?

[Blacktail Sniper]

Yup, it has more hours as a submarine than rounds fired…

[lewy]

It will clean up. I just restored an old single shot 12g that was literally yard art for who knows how long and it looks amazing

[Blacktail Sniper]

Update on the progress, once I got it cleaned up and back together, I found that the bolt would not remain in the cocked position when closing it.

Also it would not extract/eject a cartridge when fed in by hand.

I ordered a trigger, sear and a spring set off a guy on eBay and it arrived today.

I installed it and tested the rifle and it now stays cocked, loads, fires and ejects as it should.

Next question is the condition inside the barrel and whether it will group reasonably or patterns like a shotgun, to be continued…