Looking For New Leather For My SAA

redrick · January 26, 2013, 03:50 PM

I am hopefully getting my Taylors Smokewagon next week.

Does anyone have any experience with Arvo Ojala Holster Co. or Alfonso's Gunleather ? I guess you can tell that I am looking for a Matt Dillion rig.

TomADC · January 26, 2013, 11:36 PM

Send a PM to Idaho Mike he does great leather work, prices are good, show him a picture of what you want.

redrick · January 30, 2013, 09:42 PM

My Smokewagon showed up today. I am pleased with the fit & finish. It looks a lot better than my pictures.

A few makers that I am looking at for my gunbelt are Mernickle, Frontier and Alfonso's. I can't get in touch with Arvo.

Tidewater_Kid · January 30, 2013, 10:47 PM

Looks like a nice one. .45LC I believe. I love mine and it is easy to reload for this round. I like the checkered grips. Is that the gunfighter grips?

TK

twobit · January 30, 2013, 10:48 PM

Cochise leather has some good stuff. Google them

10851Man · January 31, 2013, 07:12 PM

Idaho Mike's stuff looks much better, IMHO...

redrick · January 31, 2013, 07:31 PM

Yes it is a .45 , good eye. I will need to get a reloading press now to feed it. I didn't realize how much .45 LC cost. I guess it was good I never found a Colt. I waited and searched all last year and never saw one at a resonable price. The few that I did see were over MSRP and I will not pay that.

Now I can use the difference in the price that I was going to pay for the Colt and get some reloading equipment. I figure that I have $600 dollars to spend on reloading equipment, suggestion appreciated. I don't shoot but about a 100 rounds a month, but might shoot more if ammo is cheap.

The grips are nice, I really like them. I don't know if they are gunfighter grips though. They are described as thin checkered wood grips on Taylor's websight.

I will check out that holster maker.

Thanks ya'll

Hawg Haggen · January 31, 2013, 09:30 PM

Mernickle and Alfonso's are top quality. Alfonso is probably better if you want a rendition of a movie holster. Frontier I'm not familiar with.

Tidewater_Kid · January 31, 2013, 10:35 PM

A Lee starter kit and a set of Lee dies are all you need to get started other than the obvious. That's what I use. I load 100-200 rounds at a time. I use Unique and Trail Boss powders and 255 grain SWC bullets. I have a Rossi in .45 and a Remington 1858 with a conversion cylinder also in .45. When you have to feed three you go through a bunch of rounds.

TK

olmontanaboy · February 1, 2013, 11:53 AM

I've had several made by Rick. All outstanding: http://oldwestreproductions.com/

dagger dog · February 1, 2013, 01:21 PM

epsaddlery.com checkout their line of leather. I second the Lee Challemger kit, FSreloading.com has great pricing and you can choose USPS shipping.

redrick · February 1, 2013, 05:13 PM

Midway has the Lee Challenger kit on sale now for $104 and just the press for $60.

Hardcase · February 2, 2013, 12:32 AM

I'll put in another recommendation for IdahoMike. He's made three holsters and a cartridge belt for me and they're all top rate and priced right. And he's pretty quick, too.

DPris · February 2, 2013, 12:55 PM

You'll need a seance to get through to Arvo.
Mernickle & Alfonso's are both excellent quality.
Denis

redrick · February 2, 2013, 05:03 PM

I knew that Arvo died, but I thought his daughter Inga kept business going with his name ( The Arvo Ojala Holster Company ) .

DPris · February 3, 2013, 02:50 PM

Arvo never, to the best of my knowledge, did his own leather work.
I have experience with the other two, but Ojala-marked leather has been made by a number of other people over the years & I've not seen any of it in person.
Denis

January 26, 2013, 03:50 PM	#1
redrick Senior Member Join Date: December 5, 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 744	Looking For New Leather For My SAA I am hopefully getting my Taylors Smokewagon next week. Does anyone have any experience with Arvo Ojala Holster Co. or Alfonso's Gunleather ? I guess you can tell that I am looking for a Matt Dillion rig.

January 26, 2013, 11:36 PM	#2
TomADC Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2009 Posts: 382	Send a PM to Idaho Mike he does great leather work, prices are good, show him a picture of what you want. __________________ US Navy Retired,NRA Life Member,SASS member, Time magazine's Person of the Year 2006!

January 30, 2013, 10:48 PM	#5
twobit Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2010 Location: Coyote Creak, SW Texas Posts: 476	Cochise leather has some good stuff. Google them __________________ Twobit, LEO, NRA member, Native Texan. Shooting and hunting for over 45 years!

January 31, 2013, 09:30 PM	#8
Hawg Haggen Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 10,239	Mernickle and Alfonso's are top quality. Alfonso is probably better if you want a rendition of a movie holster. Frontier I'm not familiar with. __________________ http://blackpowdertimes.com/index.php

February 1, 2013, 11:53 AM	#10
olmontanaboy Senior Member Join Date: March 2, 2009 Location: Northeast for now Posts: 245	I've had several made by Rick. All outstanding: http://oldwestreproductions.com/ __________________ Olmontanaboy No good deed goes unpunished. A loaded gun, a faithful dog,,, consider yourself lucky.

January 30, 2013, 10:47 PM	#4
Tidewater_Kid Senior Member Join Date: July 3, 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 315	Looks like a nice one. .45LC I believe. I love mine and it is easy to reload for this round. I like the checkered grips. Is that the gunfighter grips? TK

January 31, 2013, 07:12 PM	#6
10851Man Senior Member Join Date: April 20, 2009 Location: High Desert Mountains CA. Posts: 410	Idaho Mike's stuff looks much better, IMHO...

January 31, 2013, 07:31 PM	#7
redrick Senior Member Join Date: December 5, 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 744	Yes it is a .45 , good eye. I will need to get a reloading press now to feed it. I didn't realize how much .45 LC cost. I guess it was good I never found a Colt. I waited and searched all last year and never saw one at a resonable price. The few that I did see were over MSRP and I will not pay that. Now I can use the difference in the price that I was going to pay for the Colt and get some reloading equipment. I figure that I have $600 dollars to spend on reloading equipment, suggestion appreciated. I don't shoot but about a 100 rounds a month, but might shoot more if ammo is cheap. The grips are nice, I really like them. I don't know if they are gunfighter grips though. They are described as thin checkered wood grips on Taylor's websight. I will check out that holster maker. Thanks ya'll

January 31, 2013, 10:35 PM	#9
Tidewater_Kid Senior Member Join Date: July 3, 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 315	A Lee starter kit and a set of Lee dies are all you need to get started other than the obvious. That's what I use. I load 100-200 rounds at a time. I use Unique and Trail Boss powders and 255 grain SWC bullets. I have a Rossi in .45 and a Remington 1858 with a conversion cylinder also in .45. When you have to feed three you go through a bunch of rounds. TK

February 1, 2013, 01:21 PM	#11
dagger dog Member Join Date: September 5, 2010 Posts: 53	epsaddlery.com checkout their line of leather. I second the Lee Challemger kit, FSreloading.com has great pricing and you can choose USPS shipping.

February 1, 2013, 05:13 PM	#12
redrick Senior Member Join Date: December 5, 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 744	Midway has the Lee Challenger kit on sale now for $104 and just the press for $60.

February 2, 2013, 12:32 AM	#13
Hardcase Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2009 Location: Sunny Southern Idaho Posts: 1,880	I'll put in another recommendation for IdahoMike. He's made three holsters and a cartridge belt for me and they're all top rate and priced right. And he's pretty quick, too. __________________ Well we don't rent pigs and I figure it's better to say it right out front because a man that does like to rent pigs is... he's hard to stop - Gus McCrae

February 2, 2013, 12:55 PM	#14
DPris Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2004 Posts: 3,778	You'll need a seance to get through to Arvo. Mernickle & Alfonso's are both excellent quality. Denis

February 2, 2013, 05:03 PM	#15
redrick Senior Member Join Date: December 5, 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 744	I knew that Arvo died, but I thought his daughter Inga kept business going with his name ( The Arvo Ojala Holster Company ) .

February 3, 2013, 02:50 PM	#16
DPris Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2004 Posts: 3,778	Arvo never, to the best of my knowledge, did his own leather work. I have experience with the other two, but Ojala-marked leather has been made by a number of other people over the years & I've not seen any of it in person. Denis