My Yugo M98/48 has an extra recoil lug!

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john1958	My Yugo M98/48 has an extra recoil lug!	Lead	[-]
Posts: 22 (07/04/09 12:16 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : recoil lug, re-furb, rebuild, m98n, m98-48 I just traded for a Yugo M98/48 (ex-K98k) and it has an extra recoil lug behind the action above the rear of the trigger guard (not in the wrist like a VZ24 sling swivel hole). The stock is slightly cracked ahead of the normal recoil lug. Could this be an item added at rebuild time to retain the stock even though it is cracked? Is it rare? I'd post pics but I can't figure out how as my photo album won't open up when I click the "Insert Image" button. John in Indiana Waffenmeister Last Edited By: john1958 07/04/09 08:41 AM. Edited 3 times.
WVchuck		#1	[-]
Posts: 12168 (07/04/09 05:44 AM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There have been a few of those posted in the past, but they aren't very common. Some speculate that the extra lug is added to prevent a potential split and others to stop a split from getting worse. More than a handful of Mosin Nagant rifles have this feature too.
john1958		#2	[-]
Posts: 23 (07/04/09 08:39 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That's exactly what I thought. Funny I didn't notice it when I was inspecting it. I guess it reinforces the "rebuilt" aspect. I love it! Waffenmeister
Zarrin M2447		#3	[-]
Posts: 189 (07/20/09 01:58 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Weren't rifles with an extra recoil lug in that spot used to grenade launching or something like that whilst in German service?
john1958		#4	[-]
Posts: 24 (07/23/09 06:00 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm not aware in my research that that was the case, but I could be wrong. Never have seen a K98k that didn't pass through a Yugo refurb facility that had one. That's why I was initially surprised when I saw it. The fact the Yugos were trying to save their resources and cut wastage whilst rebuilding rifles makes good sense. I imagine the Germans had a plentiful supply of stocks to repair rifles with. Also my theory about grenade launching is that if you had to have a rifle with an extra recoil lug to launch rifle grenades then that would highly limit the amount of troops with grenade launching capability. Again, I could be wrong! John in Indiana (I used to be "John in Illinois", but luckily I escaped in 1994!) Waffenmeister
OODALoopmail		#5	[-]
Posts: 1 (11/17/09 05:39 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hi, saw your post. I just obtained one of these stocks, which is stamped with three serial numbers (both sides of stock - evidently it had been around!) It appears to have once been a German laminated stock which was rebuilt at 1 TRZ (R side near buttplate). The pin holes in the wrist recoil lug appear to be larger than the standard recoil lug. I would like to remove both so that I can refinish and strip the grime. Anyone have a tool..or helpful suggestion? regards OODA
painterjohn	xtra lug	#6	[-]
Posts: 58 (11/18/09 12:20 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well I cant seem to get my pics to work here but for a hand made tool for the cross bolt I bought an inexspensive pair of needle nose pliers..The kind that turn down 90 degrees..I then used my grinder ( a file would work pretty quick as well) to shape each point until it was a nice fit in the two holes..they work on lugs with holes or slots..price less than $5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The xtra lug is mostly seen on K98 refurbs but I have recently seen 2 diff M24/47 rifles with this as well.. either I never noticed before or these are very uncommon over here...I dont know which is more true but based on the fact that the majority of these I've seen dont show any exterior sighns of cracking the Grenade theory is my favorite at this time..Perhaps both theories are true as the crack could have been seen starting inside the stock during refurb...
OODALoopmail		#7	[-]
Posts: 2 (11/18/09 05:18 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Sadly, I don't have a grinder, or anything close to a garage or a shop these days...I dribbled candle wax over the lug to seal it and hoped for the best.
Bear43		#8	[-]
Posts: 611 (11/19/09 11:07 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Honestly, I don't recommend removing the lugs unless you absolutely have to. I have had issues with them coming loose after removing and reinstalling them. Just clean around it as best you can. Now, as to purpose, you see these lugs a lot on laminate stocks and not quite as much on solid stocks. The ones I have seen on solid stocks are to repair cracks behind the receiver tang and keep it from splitting out. The laminate stocks is not uncommon to see that repair, it was done to fight delamination. That bolt helps keep the layers together.