stacking swivel

[gsimmons]

I think piling swivels came about when rifles got shorter and the socket bayonet fell out of favour.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Information

Warning: This is a relatively older thread This discussion is older than 360 days. Some information contained in it may no longer be current.

[jmoore]

I think piling swivels came about when rifles got shorter and the socket bayonet fell out of favour.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Shorter hadn't occurred to me. Why would that make a difference?

So here's a quiz: What's the earliest military use of the stacking swivel? And I don't have the answer! Seems to me that in the US, one of the trapdoor rifles may have been first. Don't think it was the M1866. Can't remember if my M1868 has one or not.