Geha Mauser Shotgun

TRIUMPH73

I purchased one from a Antique dealer. Need some info - value? Rarity? Thanks, Sam

TRIUMPH73

I bought a 12 ga Geha Remo Shotgun and I have heard that they should not be shot because the bolts are weak. Is this true because I was pretty sure that a 98 Mauser action was stout enough for magnum rifle calibers, so why wouldnt it be alright for a 12 ga?

TRIUMPH73

I just cleaned up a Geha 12 ga for a 85 year friend. It had about 60 year old old dried grease all over the action. Had a two digit serial number!

Anyways, does any one know what the chamber length would be on this gun.

Thanks, Jim

I.Shute

There's a great article on the Geha in "Bolt Action Rifles" by Frank de Haas. It's illegal to copy it, so get the book if you don't have it,- it's worth the effort.
They were made after WW1. I saw one recently for about $325.
If you shoot it, be sure the front part of the bolt hasn't fallen off. It will still fire and everything but the shot charge will be blown in your arms and face. I lost the bolt face once and noticed it before I shot. I found it on the ground and from then on was very careful to watch when I ejected the empty and chambered the 2nd round.
This was a famous fault of the Geha.

nord

Asking $325.00 and getting it are two different things! These guns are not antiques. Rather, they're curios. Not military rifles anymore and not much of anything else, except the evidence that an enterprising worthy had the idea to turn lemons into lemonaid.

Unwieldy, unsafe, uncomfortable, unappreciated, are all adjectives that come to mind... And rightly so. There's just not much magic in turning a military rifle into a scattergun when Mossberg has been making perfectly good one's for the better part of the last century.

Whatever you paid, you got an interesting bit of history. It might be best to leave it at that.

nord

TRIUMPH73

Thanks for the info. I paid $100 - guess its worth that for conversation. Thanks again, Sam