About the old-school horsehair Pipe Band sporrans, yes there's precious little room. Some have no pocket at all.
What gets overlooked sometimes is that they were generally worn with traditional military-style doublets which (if made by the traditional makers like Thomas Gordon) had pockets.
In the late 1960s the army adopted those rather ugly and untraditional-looking Other Ranks horsehair sporrans (replacing the "Culloden" 1953 style) which for all their shortcomings (literally, they were 4 inches too short, and had hideous chrome cantles) were a big roomy fully-opening pouch.
Happily the big fully-opening pouch has been continued with the new RRS one-for-all full-length horsehair sporrans.
If I was in charge of a Pipe Band who wanted to do Full Dress I'd adopt those RRS horsehair sporrans not only because they're roomy but also because they're plentiful and cheap.
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