Working out of a shop located in the mountains of Northern California we're proud to bring you the Ravens Roost line of handcrafted revolvers and Kirst cartridge Konverter packages.

Jay and Kara Strite Jay and Kara built Ravens Roost just outside the historic mining town of Weaverville in mountains of Northern California.  Jay is  dedicated to preserving the art of 19th century quality gunsmithing both by creating pieces himself and by bringing together craftspeople and artists who want to produce the highest quality reproductions and one of a kind pieces.  Jay specializes in 19th century metal tecniques while Kara dyes fabric and paper both for Kirst & Strite and for Raven Silk art pieces

Walt Kirst of Kirst Company Walt's passion for 19th century firearms and especially the development of the revolver, led to his invention of the Kirst Cartridge Konverter.  In the mid-1990s he developed his cartridge conversion system for the Remington New Army Model Revovler and he continues to develop new products each year