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What I do know is that the beginning was an Austrian open-top, double action, 6 shooter in 11mm in about 1870. It evolved into a closed frame, then a hinged frame with simultaneous extraction similar to the S&W "frontier". I find no dates relating to when the changes occurred. My weird find is...

HI! I seem to be in a "needle in a haystack" research project. These single action wheel guns were produced in 44 Russian in the 1870s. According to Flayderman, about 1000 made. Some were stamped with a bear on the left side of the frame, under the cylinder. It seems to be no more than...