.244 Halger

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The .244 Halger High Velocity Magnum (also referred to as ".244 Halger H.V. Magnum", or simply ".244 Halger") was an early hyper-velocity rifle cartridge devloped in Germany by "Halger" company. To paraphrase Elmer Keith in his American Rifleman article "The .250 O'Neil Magnum" (April 1937), this was a notoriously accurate cartridge and was inspiration for the O'Neil cartridge to live up to. According to our research, it seems the .244 cartridge is the more obscure of the two rounds created by Halger, the other being the .280 Halger Magnum.

Ballistic Performance

According to this auction listing at Morphy Auctions, The Halger firm advertised the cartridge as containing an 87-grain bullet, with a muzzle velocity of 3,770 feet per second (1149 meters per second) for a muzzle energy of 2,746 ft lbs of energy (3,723 Joules).

Bullet Weight Velocity Muzzle Energy
87 gr. (~ 5.64 G) 3,770 ft/s (1149 m/s) 2,746 ft lbs (3,723 J)

Halger Rifle Photo Gallery

Below is a gallery of photographs sourced from Morphy Auctions for a particular auction they held for a custom Halger-built Mauser, chambered in their .244 Halger cartridge.

Right-side view of a Mauser-style rifle, chambered in .244 Halger, made by the Halger company of Germany in 1931. Photo from Morphy Auctions.
Right-side view of a Mauser-style rifle, chambered in .244 Halger, made by the Halger company of Germany in 1931. Photo from Morphy Auctions.
Right-side close-up view of a Mauser-style rifle, chambered in .244 Halger, made by the Halger company of Germany in 1931. Photo from Morphy Auctions.
An underside view of a Mauser-style rifle, chambered in .244 Halger, made by the Halger company of Germany in 1931. Photo from Morphy Auctions.
Left-side close-up view of a Mauser-style rifle, chambered in .244 Halger, made by the Halger company of Germany in 1931. Photo from Morphy Auctions.
Top-side close-up view of a Mauser-style rifle, chambered in .244 Halger, made by the Halger company of Germany in 1931. Photo from Morphy Auctions.
Left-side receiver markings on a Mauser-style rifle, chambered in .244 Halger, made by the Halger company of Germany in 1931. Photo from Morphy Auctions.