Mauser shotgun

[jacob.elliott]

saw something yesterday that i have never even heard of (just ignorant maybe) A 12 Ga. mauser!!

The owner said that after the treaty of versaille the germans converted the mausers already in production to shotguns so that they would not be in violation of the treaty. I thought it was pretty cool.

He also showed me a .410 he had built off of an 8mm mauser. it was also very cool.

Has anyone else ever seen one of these?

 

[rcmodel]

Yep!
Used to see a lot of them years ago.

Don't know where they all went off too hide.

Seem to recall they were most often short-chambered 16 ga., and all single-shots, but I could be having a senior moment.

WOops! Heres one!
http://www.auctionarms.com/search/displayitem.cfm?itemnum=9084095

rc

 

[SaxonPig]

The Gehe. Problem is that the bolt face is separate from the bolt body and can be lost. Make sure it's there if buying one.

 

[dirtyjim]

there were two models the geha & the hard hit heart. the main differences were in the stocks. the geha used a cut down gew98 stock & the HHH used a aftermarket sporter stock.
the 12 & most of the 20ga versions only use the 3rd safety lug. the bolt lugs were cut out the receiver because of the diameter of the cartridge. the 16 & 410's still have most of their bolt lugs intact. my 12ga isn't a single shot, it will hold one down.
basners built some 12ga. slug guns on mauser receivers very similar to the way the geha & HHH's were built but they used the bolt handle as a safety lug along with the 3rd lug

 

[DougW]

I have one of the Hard Hit Hart 12ga Mausers. Converted from a 98 Mauser rifle. We called it "the cannon" in the family. I have it in the gun bunker. I have fired it in the past, but don't anymore. My father said his father bought it in the 30's. All I know is that it is a family treasure. Let me know if pictures are wanted.

The 12ga is a 2 shot.

 

[mp510]

Seem to recall they were most often short-chambered 16 ga., and all single-shots, but I could be having a senior moment.

I was looking at a 16 gauge at a gunshow today, and it was advertised as haveing a 3 round capacity. Not sure how many rounds it actually held, but it did have a internal box magazine.

 

[SwampWolf]

I had a Mauser 620 trap o/u 12 gauge for many years. It was imported by Bauer out of Michigan for a few years and was made by (I believe) Gamba in Italy but was labeled a Mauser. Mine was a really nice gun but developed problems with firing the second barrel so I sold it (informing the buyer of the condition but he thought he knew the "fix" for it).