yes, same material as the soft gun case, story we were told was this stuff was in Tom Rugers office, for "approval"?? same company that did the cases and things for Winchester, they look very similar, supposedly the bosses?? sales folks got the brief cases and years later JD was able to spring loose the gun cases...they were NOT "approved" or it was about the same time period that Tom was sick and had passed away..........MY wife turned down one of the brief case, but I got a few of the various length soft cases still around here somewhere, and NO they are NOT for sale...........
much like the American Tourister hard cases made for the red Label shotguns, did them for a short while but were "too pricy", so they dropped them????
Lots of stuff got sent to the factory for "approval" ( get licensing) and if not selected or used, and became "gifts" or handed out to "the employee of the month, week or day..." 8) :roll: :wink: