As for history on THIS particular gun, this kind of information simply doesn't exist.
The military has NO interest in where a gun has been, only in who has it NOW.
In other words, there ARE no historical documents telling where a military firearm went, who had it, or when.
When the military issued a gun, a record was kept of who it was issued to and/or who was responsible for that gun.
As soon as it was issued to another person, the old records were destroyed since the military has no interest in this data.
There is one site online that has a some info on CERTAIN firearms, but this is strictly related to a tiny, tiny few guns that had something special about them that caused a record to be kept.
One rule of buying guns: Buy the gun......not the story.
Another problems would be in just how a US service pistol got from a rice paddy in Vietnam to South Africa.
Troops leaving Vietnam didn't leave on troop ships like in other wars.
They left on commercial airliners, and EVERYBODY was thoroughly searched by MP's before being allowed to board.
Again, buy the gun, not the tale.
