| Rule303 |
| (.416 member) |
| 27/10/20 10:40 AM |
Re: Mauser Afrika models
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I think the “African” model appealed to German and English who settled in East Africa where hunting on the open savannah meant longer shots than in the brush or hills.
I imagine a long barrel with a long forend was also much more agreeable to your tracker when you rested the rifle on his shoulder for the shot!
These are my thoughts as well. Most Europeans at the turn of the century era - 1900 that is - would think of the open veldt after the Boer War.