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Another story connected to the K-50: I went back to Vietnam in 2000 as part of a military tour group and about the third day, our guide took us to a museum in Danang. My wife and I were alone in part of the tour and I spotted several weapons in a open basket and one of them was a K-50.

I looked around for a guide or a curator or a guard to ask if I could handle it to show it to my wife - but no one was anywhere nearby.

So I picked it up and showed her how it worked and even opened up the receiver to show her bolt. spring and rubber buffer - and then a very horrified guard showed up!

He looked thunderstruck as I tried to explain things but he didn't know one word of English and my Vietnamese was limited to "hands up" and "come here" (neither of which seemed appropriate). I put the K-50 back into the bucket and the guard stayed with us until we left the museum.

No harm, no foul...I guess.