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I assume you mean early 1900's rifles?
There were alot of different rifles in use in Africa at the time. Rich hunters tended to go for custom made, very expensive doubles in very large calibers, like 500 Nitro express and a few others.
Ivory hunters, poachers, and your more average African colonists often used 8mm mausers, and .303 Enfields. These were bolt guns, and didnt have the refined lines or class of those expensive doubles.
If you want to learn more about double rifles, there are a few companies that still make them. You can try an internet search for Holland and Holland firearms, or Jagerwaffen. Their guns tend to start in the hundred-thousand dollar range, and go up quickly from there. Its been a while since i bothered to look, but I think that big bore african ammo can go for over $25 per round. It makes for very expensive target pratice, not that you'd pratice much with a 500 nitro express. There are video's on youtube.com that shows a man shooting one. The recoil from that beast lifts one of his legs off the ground.
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