We "stacked arms" often, using replica 'Brown Bess' Muskets, during The Bicentennial of the American Revolution. Muskets required interlocking fixed socket bayonets & partially drawing rammers.

Technique is a bit different with rifles and 'stacking-swivels'. No harm is done if three arms are stacked carefully.

Once "tripod" is secure and stable, other arms can be leaned against the first three, maintaining an even & balanced load.

Cartridge belts, bayonets, and accoutrements can then be hung and draped evenly on stacked arms.

One day on a lark, (while my wife was out), I decorated our Living Room with stacked Krags.

It is easier to do when several careful hands are involved.

Calm, team work, communication, and steady hands are needed to un-ravel the stack.

photos: 1. & 2. - My handiwork. 3. A great-uncle's company of Mich. State Troops training outside of Calumet, Mich. in 1903. 4. U.S. Engineers in London 1917.

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