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PaulsAirsoftArmory

I go to Cabela's a lot. It is in sight of my house :rolleyes: So I was a bit surprised when I saw what was for sale. They are always selling guns, but if they happen to have a Garand or another WW2 gun, they put it in a glass case with s practice grenade, a few clips, maybe a 1911, and a shovel case. I was always interested in the shovel case, but I never expected them to sell it. Last weekend, I run up there to pick up some CO2 cartridges for my bb guns, and what do you know? Cabela's is having a firearms memorabilia sale. Mostly old holsters for foreign guns and some newer stuff, but under all that mess was the 1945 dated shovel carrier that was always on display w00t.gif I immediately grabbed it for the price of only $5!

 

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Do all the backs look like this?

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Seems to read: Q JIM STEWART & STEVENSON 1945

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Looks better with my 1944 AMES (was only $6!) shovel in it!

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M1Marksman

Not all the backs look like that one. Mine does not have multiple attaching points for the hanger.

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PaulsAirsoftArmory
Not all the backs look like that one. Mine does not have multiple attaching points for the hanger.

I thought it seemed strange...

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Not all the backs look like that one. Mine does not have multiple attaching points for the hanger.

 

That was introduced later in the war due to complaining that the e-tool would hang too low from the pack when sitting down. The way to solve that was to make the cover adjustable. I think it was done starting in 1944.

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