 CONT: Right before the gun fight, Ranse goes to get his gun which he  has hidden in a bag under his bed in the kitchen. The bag he pulls  the gun out of is his carpet bag. At the beginning of the movie once  the stage coach has been robbed, Liberty empties that same carpet  bag of books and uses it to carry all of the stolen money. Its  doubtful that Liberty returned the bag to Ranse once he was done  with it.