I just got to stocks from LGS.
One walnut , one laminate.
Laminated one has "strange" hole above the trigger and 2 holes under bayonet lug.
What is it?
I have not seen this before.
The hole above the trigger guard is from a reinforcing bolt added to the wrist. Usually this is a sign of Yugo or Russian ownership, done to a stock with a cracked wrist or separating laminates.
It's a "Yugo rework" with a hole for a crossbolt to correct a split in the action area and also it's been shortened by the Yugo's so the bayo lug cross pin hole was moved rearward.
You will need a shortened handguard to match the shortened stock if the one you have is full length.
Some say they were re-enforced to make them a dedicated grenade launch platform..
Perhaps the Yugo's had enough experience with different stock's makers to anticipate which brand and/or year laminate would tend to separate in the action area and they were preventing the impending split.
White glue laminate stocks were (or are these days) well known for delamination.
It looks from the photo to be a non-modified hand guard with the stock. Those are actually the same overall length as the standard K98k hand guard, but have the step for the lower band re-cut further back to align with the shortened stock. Also a note, that stock, if indeed shortened, was meant for the K98k with a shorter Yugoslavian made replacement barrel, and won't fit a std. K98k barreled action well. Photo shows modified HG on top.
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