Paul Mauser designed a lot of actions to fit specific cartridges.

Did he ever design a short action ?

Don't think of the 6.5 x 55 Swede or 7 x 57 as short.

The "Kurz".

Sorry, my brain is not in gear at the moment, what is the Kurz and when did Paul Mauser design it ?

from Brownells:

"There are four basic sizes of Mauser actions. Two of these are rather uncommon and two of them are quite common.
Mauser actions have been manufactured by a large number of companies in many different countries for over 100 years.
While the following guidelines are accurate, they are not to be taken as absolute. There are exceptions to every rule. The
most common actions you will find are known as large ring and small ring actions. The term “ring†when it applies to a
Mauser action refers to the area at the front of the receiver into which the barrel shank is threaded.
Mauser actions utilize two ring sizes. A small ring action has basically the same external profile from front to rear. The
outside diameter of the action at the front ring will be 1.3" across. The large ring action has a slight step or swell at the
front of the action and the ring will measure 1.410" across.
The smallest factory Mauser actions are the Short, or “Kurz†actions, that were made by Mauser for the commercial
market prior to WWII. Almost all of these were small ring actions, although at least one specimen of large ring Kurz exists.
These are true 98 pattern actions that cock on opening. The bolts, receivers, firing pins, extractors and bottom metal are
unique to that model and are not interchangeable with other Mauser actions. The overall length of the actions is about
8.125". These actions are among the most uncommon Mausers, quite rare and highly desirable to collectors.
The next size larger is the so-called “intermediate†size action of which there are several examples. The most common of
these are the 1893-1895 Spanish Mausers and the 1894-1896 Swedish Mausers. These are the pre-98- style, small ring
Mausers that have the long, non-rotating Mauser extractor, familiar ejector box on the left side (rear) of the receiver and
the enclosed staggered-round magazine."

John Speed's book on Oberndorf sporters cites the kurz as being introduced around 1901-2.