There is no telling for sure what the history of any rifle is conclusively but I have been told that this one
comes from a block of serial numbers that were on the USS Betelgeuse, an AK that served in the Mediterranean and Pacific theatres.
Doesnt mean my rifle was on that ship but ones before and after in serial number were according to SRS records. The paperwork that came with it when I bought it last year indicate it was a CMPsales rifle from 2002.