Well, probably late to the party, but here's a website that just came up on my radar. It might be of interest to some of y'all here on the forum.

https://capandballrevolvers.com/

What lead me to it was an article on the "birth of the replica revolver industry". There's some interesting info on "how it all got started". Love the connection to Bannerman and Colt's surplus parts sell off.

https://capandballrevolvers.com/blog-articles/the-birth-of-the-reproduction-percussion-...