Blaser R93

thumb|right|500px|Blaser LRS2 with Harris Bipod - .338 Lapua Magnum. 
The Blaser R93 is a German straight-pull modular precision sniper rifle. Originally a hunting weapon with a traditional wooden stock introduced in 1993 (and discontinued in 2017), several competition models with synthetic bodies were released by Blaser, the first few being the UIT and CISM models, named after Union Internationale de Tir and Conseil International du Sport Militaire, two European shooting competitions, respectively.
In 1997, after SIG-Sauer acquired Blaser, the rifles expanded into the tactical market. The competition models were rebranded as the Tactical model, and new Long Range Sporter (LRS) model was created (some sources call them Blaser LRT, Long Range Tactical), though in design there is little difference between these differently named models (the police models even retained the holes used for the mounting bracket for competition diopter sights, which goes completely unused in their field).
The first Tactical model was not very successful. Blaser updated the design to the LRS2 model, with a different magazine and receiver design. The LRS2 was much more successful and was adopted by several police and military forces. A large chassis version of the LRS2 using .338 Lapua Magnum was created, but is not very successful. A new Tactical 2 model was created, chambered in the most common military calibers and can interchange between them easily. The Tactical 2 was even more successful and helped Blaser secure a contract with the Australian military.
One of the more unusual variants of the R93 is a handgun version called the Blaser R93 Handgun Hunting System. It is an ultra short R93 with a 14-inch barrel and pistol grip.
==Specifications==
(1993 - Present)
* Type: Sniper Rifle
* Caliber:
** Original Blaser R93: See Blaser Caliber Overview
** Tactical models: .308 Winchester and .300 Winchester Magnum (Tactical, Tactical 2 and LRS2), .338 Lapua Magnum (Tactical 2)
* Weight: 
* Length: 
* Barrel length: 
* Capacity:
** Original Blaser R93: Varies by caliber
** Tactical models: 5 or 10 (.308 Winchester), 4 (.300 Winchester Magnum)
* Fire Modes: Bolt Action
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===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Cradle 2 the Grave 	Drag-On 	Miles 	with suppressor 	2003
Miami Vice 	 	One of Yero's snipers	 	2006
Hitman 	Timothy Olyphant 	Agent 47 	Fitted with Parker-Hale bipod 	2007
Rush Hour 3 	Hiroyuki Sanada 	Kenji 	Fitted with Harris bipod 	2007
The Dark Knight 	 	GCPD S.W.A.T. snipers	 	2008
12 Rounds 	 	 	 	2009
Predators 	Alice Braga 	Isabelle 	 	2010
Inception 	Leonardo DiCaprio	Dom Cobb 	winterized, suppressor 	2010
Colombiana 	Zoe Saldana 	Cataleya Restrepo 	 	2011
Savages 	Alexander Wraith 	Sam 	 	2012
Savages 	Anthony Cutolo 	Billy 	 	2012
The Lookout 	 	RAID snipers 	 	2012
The Last Stand 	 	Henchman 	LRS2 model 	2013
Crosshairs 	Luke Edwards 	Grandie 	With suppressor and Harris Bipod 	2013
Crosshairs 	 	Brill's henchman 	With suppressor and Harris Bipod 	2013
Fast & Furious 6 	Dwayne Johnson 	DSS Agent Luke Hobbs 	 	2013
Kick-Ass 2 	 	 	In the case with Big Daddy's armor	2013
Kingsman: The Secret Service	 	Henchmen 	White Tactical 2 model 	2015
Hitman: Agent 47 	 	Interrogator 	 	2015
Operation Red Sea 	Huang Jingyu 	Gu Shun 	Blaser R93 Tactical model 	2018
Angel Has Fallen 	Nick Nolte 	Clay Banning 	Model Professional Camo 	2019
Black Widow 	Rachel Weisz 	Melina Vostokoff 	suppressed 	2021
The Gray Man 	Ana de Armas 	Dani Miranda 	 	2022
===Television===
Show Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note/ Episode 	Air Date
Firefly 	 	sniper 	"Serenity" (S1E01) 	2002
Firefly 	Adam Baldwin 	Jayne Cobb 	"Serenity" (S1E01) 	2002
Firefly 	 	Niska's sniper 	"War Stories" (S1E10) 	2002
NCIS - Season 1 	Noah Segan 	Kyle Hendricks 	Fitted with Parker-Hale bipod; "One Shot, One Kill" (S1E13)	2003
NCIS - Season 3 	Pauley Perrette 	Abby Scuito 	"Kill Ari, Part 1" (S3E01) 	2005
CSI: NY / "Hide Sight" (S07E07)	 	NYPD ESU Sniper 	R93 Tactical, with Harris bipod 	2004 - Present
The Unit 	 	 	"Gone Missing" (S3) . 	2007
Heroes 	Ali Larter 	Jessica 	As a fiction "Kinsella 320Z" rifle 	2006-2010
The Kill Point 	Michael K. Williams 	Quincy 	Fitted with Parker-Hale bipod 	2007
Primeval 	James Murray 	Stephen Hart 	(S2E01) 	2007-Present
My Own Worst Enemy 	Christian Slater 	Edward Albright 	. 	2008
Chuck - Season 3 	Vinnie Jones 	Karl Stromberg 	"Chuck Versus the Three Words" (S3E02) 	2009
Chuck - Season 5 	Carrie-Anne Moss 	Gertrude Verbanski 	"Chuck Versus The Hack Off" (S5E05) 	2010
Kings 	. 	Gilboa sniper 	Suppressor; "Prosperity" 	2009
24 - Season 8 	 	CTU Sniper 	"7:00 A.M - 8:00 A.M" (S8E16) 	2010
Homeland 	Chris Chalk 	Thomas Patrick "Tom" Walker	"Marine One" (S1E12) 	2011
The Last Ship 	Nathan Sutton 	McGregor 	"No Place Like Home" (S1E10) 	2014
In Plain Sight 	Jason E. Hill 	Mercenary #1 	"Something Borrowed, Something Blew Up" (S04E13) 	2011
The Tunnel 	Nicolas Wanczycki 	Thibaut Briand 	 	2016
Jean-Claude Van Johnson 	Jean-Claude Van Damme	Jean-Claude Van Damme 	"Pilot" (S1E01) 	2016
===Anime===
Title 	Character 	Note 	Date
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig	Saito 	(Episode "Beware the Left Eye – POKER FACE")	2005
Blassreiter 	Brad and Al	(Episode 2 "The Price of Glory") 	2008
Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom 	Zwei 	 	2009
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears as 	Mods 	Notation 	Release Date
Hitman:Codename 47 	R93 Sniper Rifle	 	 	2000
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin 	R93 Sniper 	 	 	2002
Hitman: Contracts 	R93 Sniper 	 	 	2004
Alliance of Valiant Arms 	 	With Harris bipod 	 	2007
Cross Fire 	"R93 T2" 	 	 	2007
Counter-Strike Online 	 	 	 	2008
War Inc. Battlezone 	 	w/ various attachments 	 	2011
Payday 2 	R93 	 	added in "Gage Sniper Pack DLC" (2014)	2013
Black Squad 	Blazer R93 	Harris bipod and AN/PEQ-15	 	2017
Ironsight 	Blaser R93 	 	Additional picatinny rails 	2018
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 	"BLOWER R93" 	 	Blaser R93 Tactical LRS2 	2019
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 2	"LSSR SOKIL 4" 	 	Blaser R93 Tactical LRS2 	2021
=See Also=
* Blaser - A list of all firearms manufactured by Blaser.
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