The Orsis T-5000 (russian: ОРСИС Т-5000) is a Russian

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. It was the first product developed by

ORSIS ORSIS (russian: ОРСИС, from ОРужейные СИСтемы, "Weapon Systems") is the trading name of Promtechnologies Group based in Moscow, Russia. Specialising in the manufacture of centrefire rifles designed for a variety of military an ...

, and is produced in their Moscow factory. The rifle was introduced in 2011 at the international exhibition of Russian weapons in

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, and is entirely original, using no third-party components. According to General Director of the Institute for Precision Machine Engineering

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, Dmitry Semiozerov: "As of 2017, the newest sniper complex T-5000 "Precision" was adopted by the FSB, the FSO, and

Rosgvardiya The National Guard of the Russian Federation (russian: Федеральная служба войск национальной гвардии Российской Федерации , translit = Federal'naya sluzhba voysk natsional'noy gvard ...

Design

In its standard configuration the T-5000 is equipped with a 660 mm fluted, stainless steel barrel (698 mm when chambered in

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), cut to a twist rate between 1-in-10 and 1-in-12 depending on customer requirements. The stainless steel stock adopts a highly "skeletal" design, with highly adjustable butt and cheekpiece components mounted on a folding stock that reduces the transport length of the T-5000 by around 250 mm. The trigger is adjustable from 500 g in its Varmint configuration, to over 1500 g depending on application, and a Picatinny rail is provided for the attachment of optics.

Variants

The Federal Security Service, the Federal Protective Service and the National Guard in 2017 adopted a next-gen Orsis T-5000, and designated it as the Tochnost ("''precision''") sniper rifle chambered in

7.62×51mm NATO The 7.62×51mm NATO (official NATO nomenclature 7.62 NATO) is a rimless, bottlenecked rifle cartridge. It is a standard for small arms among NATO countries. First developed in the 1950s, the cartridge had first been introduced in U.S. service fo ...

and

(8.6×70mm). A next-gen T-5000 'Tochnost' sniper rifle chambered in

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(9.5×77mm) and made for rough military conditions was tested in the Moscow Region. Its range is over . The tests were successfully completed in 2019.

Users

* - In

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it was also seen in hand of Azerbaijani special forces. * – Ministry of Defense, Presidential Guard * – Used by

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and SWAT units. * – Used By

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and Thunderbolt Forces * – Used by Iraqi Special Operations Forces and Popular Mobilisation Forces * – In particular used by certain FSB, the FSO, and

units. *

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External links

* {{official website 7.62×51mm NATO rifles .338 firearms Bolt-action rifles of Russia Sniper rifles of Russia