OK; riddle me this...

[Phil Yearout]

What's the little pouch or pocket in a leg o' mutton case for? I used to think it was for the forend but I alwaysleave mine attached to the barrels, and really it's too deep for the forend anyway.

[Jim DiSpagno]

Wooden cleaning rods.

[Phil Yearout]

Yeah, kinda what I thought. Kinda big for that though...but whatever.

[Jim DiSpagno]

I can remember my father' GHE in a leg-o-mutton and the wooden cleaning rods and attachments were neatly rolled up and tied in a canvas type envelope and in that pocket

[Patrick Lien]

Cleaning supplies and rod, Snap caps, Leather forend guard, chewing tobacco, whistle, hunting license, liquor bottle, and any other hunting accessory you can think of. I have found all of the above in side pockets on vintage cases.

[Hal Sheets]

Right-On Jim !
The Canvas Roll, for all the cleaning stuff (rod sections, brush & jag), protects the barrels and is why the pocket is so deep. To bad the cleaning gear roll is missing from most all old LOM cases.

[Jim DiSpagno]

Cleaning rods were either two or three piece and lengths varied