I just got off the phone with my uncle and it turns out that its in perfect working order and that he has been taking care or it and cleans it regularly and there isn't as much rust on the outside of the barrel as I thought there was. I also dug up a box of about 20-40 .22 bullets in my dad's hunting stuff to use next time I go over to my uncle's. My grandfather is also gonna be handing me down a .22 when we go visit him next time.

Eric