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I've made this box for a rifle shooting trophy awarded by my county association.

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I need a knob and some kind of catch for the door. Any thoughts on what sort of hardware I should use? The door is 15mm thick but the box sides are thin - around 9mm.

I think it probably needs a handle for the top, but I think I will make that from wood (likely bolted through the top).
 
Isn't a trophy meant to be on display?

Well done for the shooting.
 
sunnybob":2ci6fyte said:
Why are you hiding a shooting trophy?
Shame on you :o :lol: :lol:
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Im guessing to be able to award it to someone and they get something to carry it in.
 
Very nice box btw. How about a knob with a short length of wood bolted on the back that acts as a latch which goes through a slit in the side of the cabinet, turn the knob to lift the wood out of the slot sort of thing, made out of something contrasting like bog oak would be attractive. Ian
 
That is the fanciest delivery box I ever did see :eusa-clap: :eusa-clap: :eusa-clap:
My trophies never even had a carrier bag to take them home in, not even the glass ones :eusa-violin: :eusa-violin:
Maybe supply an extra door with a glass front, so that it can still be used once its delivered? Would be a shame to see a box that nice shoved under the bed. 8-)
 
Cabinetman":1n57684b said:
Very nice box btw. How about a knob with a short length of wood bolted on the back that acts as a latch which goes through a slit in the side of the cabinet, turn the knob to lift the wood out of the slot sort of thing, made out of something contrasting like bog oak would be attractive. Ian
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I think something like this would be neat. I’ll have a think!
 
It is a travel box effectively.

I got put in touch with an auction house a few years ago. They had a very old “Hampshire Rifle Association” trophy awarded by the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire. We bought it (probably would have been scrapped otherwise). It is now awarded to the highest Hampshire shooter in a particular competition. This is the trophy

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Amazing that it was a one-off trophy - ie the first winner got to keep it.

All our other county trophies have boxes so I thought I’d make one for it. Sure it’s a bit fancier than most of the boxes we have, but I enjoyed making it and will get to see it at least once a year (more if I win the trophy!).
 
Andyp":m07bibgp said:
How will you stop it rattling around while in transit?
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I need some internal supports. At a minimum, it needs a space for the base to fit in, but something to hold the trophy at its “waist” would be good too. I’m also wondering about a leather strap.
 
Back in those days trophies were very special, and the people who donated them were (by todays standards) millionaires.
Lovely trophy, lovely box.
If I still lived in England I'd come down there and win it off you :lol: :lol: 8-)
 
sunnybob":3hah6bj7 said:
Back in those days trophies were very special, and the people who donated them were (by todays standards) millionaires.
Lovely trophy, lovely box.
If I still lived in England I'd come down there and win it off you :lol: :lol: 8-)
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Not with your pistol you wouldn’t. This is a “short” range trophy, but it’s still shot for at 300-600 yards. The Imperial Meeting trophy collection is unreal. I’ll see if I can find some pics.
 
This was my best year (3 year old included for scale), but it's a TINY fraction of the whole trophy collection:

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Even this is only part of the collection because this was last year's prize giving and lots of team matches weren't held.

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Super impressive. Set me wondering of silver trophies are still a thing ie whether anyone makes proper ones still.

The couple who owned our house before us (and are responsible for a lot of the interesting wiring) were in the trophy sales business. I'm pretty sure he went bust. We found quite a lot in a corner of the loft behind a redundant water tank about a year after moving in.
 
Have you never seen long range pistol? :shock:
My 357 magnum was accurate to 400 yards (admittedly "accurate" means man sized centre mass :lol: )

A lovely photo, Brings ack many wonderful memories. :eusa-clap: :eusa-clap: :eusa-clap:
 
How on earth did you find room in your house for all of those?

I wonder if the safest way to prevent damage in transit would be to use foam cut to shape and with a piece stuck to the inside of the door.
 
AJB Temple":upglj0wt said:
Super impressive. Set me wondering of silver trophies are still a thing ie whether anyone makes proper ones still.

The couple who owned our house before us (and are responsible for a lot of the interesting wiring) were in the trophy sales business. I'm pretty sure he went bust. We found quite a lot in a corner of the loft behind a redundant water tank about a year after moving in.
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The London Olympic torches were made by a firm of silversmiths and trophy makers called Ottewell who were in Kent. Probably a long shot that there's a link with your water tank but I doubt there are that many about.
 
I've got this supplier bookmarked on the strength of someone's reply to a similar question - they have a range which includes plenty of options for traditional cupboard and box locks and latches.
https://www.nichelocks.com/

I've not used them myself - last time I needed a special lock I went into a trade place on Curtain Road where the brown-coated assistant fetched me exactly what I needed. That was about 40 years ago mind, I believe Shoreditch has undergone some changes since then...:)
 
Thanks for all the replies.

I wondered about a lock, but I expect we’ll lose the key!

The trophies are great. One of them is called the Elkington. Elkington were a silversmith and had a trophy named after them.
 
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