I am unfamiliar with a person or rifle by the name Burchart. Can you share a little more to help us out? Is the word Sharps used with it?
I am unfamiliar with it as well, thus the reason for the initial request.... I am familiar with the Sharps Borchardt, different spelling, and Sharps is not used with it or anywhere else in the article.....
In this article the author mentions a man named Kahnert shooting his 'fine little fast handling Burchart'....
The story is a true story about the Wolf River Hunt Club and their annual hunt in November 1908. The title of the article is "The Finest Hunt of the Wolf River Hunt Club"....
The author goes on to mention two Burcharts were with the 11 man hunting party, one a .33 and one a .35....they also mention Mannlicher's, several Winchester's, Marlin's, Burcharts and two British rifles and a Savage.
The article has pictures and one shows the party with their game poles up and I used a magnifying glass and attempted to identify the Burchart. Counting from the left, Kahnert is in the back row with a fur collared coat next to the last on the right , wearing a black crushed hat......the Burchart he holds appears to have a short barrel, forearm wood with steel end cap ...?..... Action is covered by his hand, but the gun does not appear to be a lever action of any kind and a very short and small frame size....?....It almost appears to have a rib on top of the barrel, similar to some German and Austrian rifles...?....
Sorry the pictures aren't better, about the best my little Sony will do.....
Here are the pictures, Kahnert with a pipe and the Burchart .33 rifle are in the back on the right in the fur collared coat, hard to make out the rifle:
Kahnert black coat, pipe and fur collar in the back....
Early self loader in the sweater guys arm....?....
Regards,
