No capture papers...way to search?

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I seriously doubt there is a paper trail. If there was, it would been widely known in the collecting world.
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Sometimes military rifles have marks from the capturing nation. Sometimes they dont. Without marks or stamps you really cant tell.
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Most veterans who brought home a trophy weapon did two things when they got home. Tossed all the paperwork in the trash, and then either stuck the weapon in a closet, or hacked it up into a hunting rifle. So far as I know there is no way to search anything from a serial number on a captured weapon.
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