Arvo Ojala

[bracebeemer]

Another holster from the collection I purchased was this Arvo Ojala gunfighter holster. Typical Ojala minimalist holster. I’m not sure what it fits. .38 caliber. It’s too narrow at the bottom for a long barrel Colt. The ejector housing is too wide. It’s got some numbers and letters stamped on the belt but I don’t have a code for Ojala holsters. Bill

 

[rednichols]

Scrutinize this one a bit more. The numbers etc on the belt under the billet are the serial number, the waist size, the caliber. A letter after the waist size I recall relates to where the measure was taken?

I see an Ojala mark but likely it is on the belt. The holster will need its own for it to be an Ojala, too.

 

[Geno44]

I have an Ojala marked belt I got used in 1962 with the Colt .45 4 3/4 inch barrel. The holster included with it is faintly stamped "bu Cheneu Tulsa, Okla." I had to have the belt lengthened due to my increasing waist size from when I was 18 years old. It is getting somewhat weathered.