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Friend of mine has come into the possession of an old scabbard. It came out of the Bedrock Store (Paradox Valley Colorado) on the Utah border. The area has a lot of history in the 1880's & 90's and was a wild & wooly area into the 1930's. The store dates back to that era and is in the same vicinity as an old 'boarding house' (bordello) and cabin where Butch Cassidy stayed at after robbing a bank in Telluride (pre-Sundance Kid). The scabbard is carbine length and has a brass (?) affair on it near the top that strikes me as allowing for a bolt knob for an early autoloader (????) like a Rem model 8 or Winchester 1907. I can't picture what it would be for on a lever gun.

There are no markings that I can see as to maker. I have photos but am techno challenged as to posting them. PM me and I will gladly send pics.

I had a very heavy leather scabbard with a heavy brass attached to it . I was told that it was for a M1. It was sold as army surplus.

Turned out to be a M1938 scabbard for an M1 Garand. Meant for mounting to jeeps and such during WWII. So much for the Butch Cassidy story (he truly was in the area).