In my opinion, the name "African" does not relate to hunting or safari use in Africa but more particularly to the specifications established for a model intended for export to South Africa which favored a longer barrel and more sophisticated sighting so to be shot more accurately at longer range.
These variations are the heirs of the rifles used by the Boers in the Transvaal during their confrontation with the English troops.

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