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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!

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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.

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