A solid representative example of the brass frame "Whitney Look-Alike" Spiller and Burr revolver with repairs and restorations. Most interestingly, this gun exhibits some rare features seen on very few Spillers. The first is the CS stamp on the frame lacking periods after both the C, and the S. Most CS marked examples have a period after the C and the S. A few have a period only after the C. And a handful have no periods... like this one. The second rare feature is the lack of any serial numbers whatsoever. Records going back 70+ years kept by early Confederate research pioneers including Wm Albaugh and Cecil Anderson show there were at least three known NSN Spillers (not including this one) back in the old days. In addition the old records show one example bearing a serial number only on the barrel. As of this date this is the only NSN example observed marked "CS". The lack of any periods in the CS stamp is seen on very few examples. One "no periods" example was recorded by Wm Albaugh in the 1950s.

The most obvious repair work done on this Johnny Reb revolver is the brazing on the back strap and inner grip strap. No attempt was made to conceal or hide these repairs. Additionally, there is an unrepaired crack at the top of the backstrap where it widens to meet the frame. We can also clearly see that the trigger guard is replaced, the color being anomalous. The left side of the frame above the trigger guard has a vertical fracture and two deep divots where the frame abuts the trigger guard. The present trigger guard is completely undamaged.
While the grips appear to be original, they cannot be original to this gun. Their condition is too good for them to have been on a gun with a cracked and battered frame. These grips may be off a Whitney, or they could be exceptionally well made mid 1900s replacements. The barrel is an original Spiller & Burr barrel, and has a small post or pin front sight instead of the standard cone shaped sight usually seen. The rammer (loading lever) appears to be a product of Spiller & Burr based on the contour and lack of Whitney serial or alphabetic markings. I believe the cylinder is also original to this gun though there are no twist marks as are frequently encountered.
Spiller and Burr revolvers are known with at least three major design changes. They are also known with and without firm markings on the top barrel flat. They are known with all major component parts bearing serial numbers, some parts bearing numbers, and no parts bearing numbers. They are known with and without CS markings on the brass frame, and with those so marked there being 2 periods, 1 period, and no periods.
This gun has an illustrious ownership history. The late Fred Fiet an advanced and respected big dollar collector who was active from the 1950s through the early 2000s, and founded The Collectors Arms Dealers Assoc (CADA) had this in his collection. Noted Virginia gun dealer David Condon owned it.

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