GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 5, 2015.
RARE CONFEDERATE SPILLER & BURR WITH FULL FIRM MARKING AND SERIAL NUMBERED CYLINDER.SPILLER & BURRREVOLVER12436Spiller & Burrs were made in Atlanta and then Macon, Georgia with a total production of less than 1,500 guns. This particular brass framed copy of a Whitney revolver is the most difficult of the major Confederate manufacturers to find complete and orig. It is also difficult to find these guns with the firm marking on bbl and cylinders which are SNd. This gun exhibits both these features and also has "CS" stamped on left side of frame, though it has been obscured and mostly removed. There are various thoughts as to why so few Spillers have SNd cylinders and why only about half have CS stamped on frames. It''s possible, according to some students and scholars, that these pistols were actually accepted and inspected for a Confederate Ordinance Dept. in Macon, Georgia. Gun is SNd on bbl, frame, trigger guard, cylinder and penciled inside on each grip. There is no SN present on loading assembly, but matches gun well. PROVENANCE: Dr. L. Pellman Glover Collection; Theodore Dexter (ARMSELLER catalog)July 1953; listed by Bill Albaugh The Confederate Brass-Framed Colt & Whitney 1955,(also listed in Confederate Handgun 1963); Don Bryan Collection; Collection of Jim Maconkey 1991. CONDITION: Very good overall. Gun is all matching with exception of noted lack of SNs on loading arm. "SPILLER & BURR" markings on bbl flat are well discerned. Stocks are sound and solid with hand worn patina and rounded front toes. There is a cryptic inspector mark "L" stamped on backstrap. Good twist can be seen in the cylinder and SN on cylinder well defined. This gun conforms to other standard model Spillers, functioning well with well-defined rifling in bore. 49442-6 JS (20,000-25,000)