Hello Mr. Hyatt!
Thanks for posting your inquiry about this revolver. We last conversed via email on 5/16/20 about it. I have posted a similar inquiry on 3-4 different BP boards and on 5/19/20 I received a reply from a good acquaintance who is a good Internet sleuth:
"Jim,
Have you tried emailing hghrdnhck at [email protected] who offered to buy the 45-70 in The Firing Line Forum thread you posted?
Working off of your two found links above and the mutual poster hghrdnhck who said it was his grandfather (R. G. Wilson?) who made them for Firearms Specialties and that he had all the companies records, I googled his handle and found him on several hunting and non gun forums.
I was able to collect the following information about him from his profiles and posts but not his name:
Name - maybe Wilson???
Birthday - Oct 6, 1984
Cell Phone - (989) 323-7232
Location - Chesaning MI
Occupation - I work at Gander Mountain in Saginaw MI
Remember what you put on the internet NEVER dies!!!
Good Luck with your quest."
Upon receiving this information, I emailed the gentleman at the address above, but have not received a reply. I did not call the cell phone number. There is also some connection to Owosso MI, but I know nothing more about that.
I really kick myself for not buying it from October Country when I gave you the link to it because it had a two-piece grip, a blue steel trigger guard, the wrong side entry for the wedge, and the rammer is installed upside down (the screw enters from the right like the wedge: easily changed/reversed but I think it was done on purpose). I had no idea how rare this revolver was/is. This revolver was part of the Dr. Jim L. Davis (RPRCA) collection who purchased it in early 2009 and had many questions about it. I don't think the case and accoutrements are from Firearms Specialties as Dr. Davis liked cased sets (I have two purchased from OC in Dec-Jan: a Pietta 1862 J. H. Dance and Brothers .36 and an Armi San Marco 1860 Colt .44 with a shoulder stock).
That said, I am glad it is in good hands, sir!
These are the links I have found that, upon more investigation, may provide some answers. Dr. Davis is bprevolver on these links:
www.thefirearmsforum.com
Dragoon Revolver in 45-70 by Firearm Specialties Black Powder and Cowboy Action Shooting
thefiringline.com
I hope this is of some assistance. I sure would like to know the whereabouts any one of the other nine revolvers.
I am on a similar quest to locate the whereabouts of the 35 Pietta 1862 J. H. Dance and Brothers .36 revolvers with the Angleton TX barrel markings produced in 1996. I have found three of them so far, but that is another subject.
Keep us posted, sir!
Jim