I guess I'm an oddball... but I don't get the whole prop rod thing.

To me it distracts from the appearance of the gun in a photograph or otherwise.

If I'm going to shoot a photo and I want an tilted position on the gun, I prop it from underneath with a brandy cork where it is out of sight.

Worse case, if I wanted to use a "prop rod"... I'd want a clear glass one that was the least visible as possible.

Is there something that I'm missing?