Posted: 10/4/2012 11:27:42 AM EDT
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I used this termn today with a friend who had no idea what it ment.
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I think Im more familiar with it than you are. 
"stacking swivel" This. If you asked me if I knew what a Stacking Swivel was I would say yes, but a Stack and Swivel?? Nope. Reminds me of the old rangemaster out at the public range who would refer to the "Lansing grooves" inside a rifle barrel. |
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I think Im more familiar with it than you are.
"stacking swivel" This. If you asked me if I knew what a Stacking Swivel was I would say yes, but a Stack and Swivel?? Nope. I just assumed he meant stacking swivel.....perhaps my answer was premature. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I think Im more familiar with it than you are. "stacking swivel" This. If you asked me if I knew what a Stacking Swivel was I would say yes, but a Stack and Swivel?? Nope. Reminds me of the old rangemaster out at the public range who would refer to the "Lansing grooves" inside a rifle barrel. I though a laptop was a "lab-top" till i was probably 25  |
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I did find this: "Stack and Swivel (US) Originally parts of a military-issue rifle (swivel is still there, the sling is hung on two swivels; the stack was a small protuberance used to hook the rifles together when stacking arms). Now used to refer to a male soldier's private parts, and always used in the phrase "pick you up by your stack and swivel" to connote that the speaker, usually a DI, metaphorically intends to bodily move you from one place to another. Example: "Son, if you don't move pronto, I'm gonna pick you up by your stack and swivel and put you in the proper position of attention." http://www.twilight1984.com/Main.aspx?PageID=411 |
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I always thought it meant " I am going to break your neck" That was the impression I got when I pissed off dad. Probably because he used it like, "If you don't knock that shit off, I'm going to grab you by the stacking swivel." Yeah something like that  He is a great man, I love and respect the old leatherneck more than
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Quoted: Quoted: I always thought it meant " I am going to break your neck" That was the impression I got when I pissed off dad. Probably because he used it like, "If you don't knock that shit off, I'm going to grab you by the stacking swivel."  Thats funny shit. My Dad used to tell me he would snatch me up by my stacking swivel and slap the snot out of me. |
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Quoted: I did find this: "Stack and Swivel (US) Originally parts of a military-issue rifle (swivel is still there, the sling is hung on two swivels; the stack was a small protuberance used to hook the rifles together when stacking arms). Now used to refer to a male soldier's private parts, and always used in the phrase "pick you up by your stack and swivel" to connote that the speaker, usually a DI, metaphorically intends to bodily move you from one place to another. Example: "Son, if you don't move pronto, I'm gonna pick you up by your stack and swivel and put you in the proper position of attention." http://www.twilight1984.com/Main.aspx?PageID=411 Whoever wrote that should Not write about guns. The proper term is stacking swivel. |