The kidnapping and beheading of hostages by the Abu Sayyaf has placed the Philippines at the forefront of every news around the world.  It has sowed terror to both foreigners and citizens alike.  Beheading their hostages if their demands are not met, indicates that these terrorists are becoming more bold and barbaric.  These foreign-trained terrorists with modern weaponry have changed the face of terrorism in the Philippines.  Although the Counter Terrorist (CT) units in the Philippines has cross-trained with excellent CT units in Europe and the United States, it is ill-equipped to meet the changing demands of hostage rescue.  In Situations where hostile and hostages are in close proximity to each other, it is imperative that not only the CT operator be able to, but the equipment be capable of surgical-like precision to eliminate the hostile threat. 

Therefore, FERFRANS developed the TSR-1.  The TSR-1 uses the Savage10 action.  Attached to the action is a heavy match grade 22-inch “bull” barrel.  This button-rifled barrel features a recessed target crown to protect the rifling at the muzzle.  The laser-etched bolt is coated in black titanium nitride for outmost in smoothness and corrosion resistance.  The bolt handle is enlarged for ease in follow-up shots.  The receiver is drilled and tapped for scope mounts.  The stock is a high-tech, skeletonized, pistol grip design to enhance accuracy and usability.  This stock was designed by Major John Plaster, author of the “Ultimate Sniper” who is probably the most experienced and successful sniper during the Vietnam War.  Length of pull, cheekpiece and butt plate are fully adjusted permitting the small statured Filipino to a personalized fit.  The forend of the stock has a sliding T-bar for accessories.  A Harris bipod is mounted on the FERFRANS TSR-1.  This bipod is extremely sturdy, spring loaded, adjustable legs for easy deployment and carry as well as rapid adjustment on the target.  The forend also has slots for attachment of camouflage material.  The FERFRANS TSR-1 features a 4 shot internal box magazine. A special trigger is installed to achieve a 3.5 lbs. pull.  The TSR-1 uses a Shepherd 310 P2 scope.  This scope is guaranteed that adjustments and tracking are 100% accurate 100% of the time.  It has a unique dual reticle system, it permits one-shot zeroing, dead-on holding to extreme range with any high velocity load, windage and elevation adjustments are accurate because you can visually verify them as they take place, an aiming point that stays on dead zero throughout the complete magnification range, parallax-elimination, and a quick and easy way to adapt for wind without loosing the basic zero.  It is simple to operate and near soldier proof requiring minimum training, within a few minutes, to learn to operate the device effectively.  The operator needs to know ballistics, trajectories or bullet calculations.  It may be sighted in with one shot at 100 yards and with no further adjustments can be fired at all other ranges up to and including 1,000 yards providing for immediate target engagement at maximum and intermediate ranges. 

Another specialized feature of the FERFRANS TSR-1 is the Muzzle Brake Suppressor (MBS).  The sound attenuation of the MBS is 40dB at 96 feet in front of the weapon without affecting accuracy and velocity.  Felt recoil is reduced considerably and flash suppression is 100%.  It requires little or no maintenance. 

FERFRANS TSR-1 is a truly high-end tactical sniper rifle that will perform with utmost precision increasing the capabilities of the Philippines Counter Terrorist units in combating global terrorism.