So I finally bought one of those Sig M17 commemorative display boxes as I have one of the surplus pistols I want to display. I don’t want to just lay it flat on the shelf as it’s not really easy to see then until you get up to it, and I don’t want to mount it vertically—like a picture on the wall—because even though it has a latch on the bottom I don’t trust it to not open and spill out my pistol.
Question is then how do I go about displaying it on a shelf where I want it on an easel type set up so I can kind of put it at an angle? Kinda like how people display plates. I can’t seem to find anything that’s robust or deep enough to hold the display case, as it’s about 10” tall and 4” deep. It’s almost like I need a mini guitar stand or something.
Think I'd just cut a piece of 3/4" or 1" dowel at the correct angle you want (complementary angle on the other end of the dowel), and affix it to the back of your display case. Quick, simple, and easy.
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The dowel might work but I don’t want to attach anything to the back of it. I may try that ukelele stand idea as I had looked them up prior though some are even too big for the shelf.
^^^^^^ Nice idea but the angle is too shallow. I would like to get about a 60° angle to 75° angle, just don’t want full 90° angle otherwise I would just hang it from the wall.
