Raimey,
sorry, I don't know anything about those marks on the barrels.

The term "Bürschrohr" meant the whole rifle. In general I would say that target rifles had longer and heavier barrels, more massive stocks and probablly some form of peep sights.
No idea regarding any differences in caliber and form of rifling.

Bürschrohr (or Pirsch- or Birsch ...) is an old word and was probably already used for wheellock guns. It is not common today, nor back in say 1900.
So talking about the different development of hunting and target rifles would be subject of a thick book, and way beyond my knowledge.

fuhrmann

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