The phaser rifle was a weapon used by the Federation Starfleet in the alternate reality that followed a temporal event in 2233. This rifle variation of a hand-held phaser was a product of Federation technology that had progressed in a different manner than in the reality that universe originated from.

In 2258, around stardate 1313, the USS Enterprise issued a phaser rifle of this type to Commander Spock for a landing party to the planet Delta Vega. James T. Kirk ordered Spock to hand over the rifle when Kirk set off on foot to try and stop the mad Gary Mitchell. (TOS - IDW comic: "Issue 2")

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Federation Starfleet hand-held weapons
Energy weapons	type-1 phaser/hand phaser	Sestra phaser I • Atalskes phaser III • Sestra phaser IB • mark V personal phaser
	type-2 phaser/phaser pistol	Sestra phaser II • Atalskes phaser IV • Sestra phaser IIB • mark VI battle phaser • phaser (alternate reality)
	type-3 phaser/phaser rifle	mark VII phaser rifle • compression phaser rifle • enhanced compression rifle • phaser rifle (alternate reality)
	miscellaneous	assault rifle • infinity modulator • isomagnetic disintegrator • laser pistol • laser rifle • neural disruptor • phase pistol • sniper rifle
Projectile weapons		compound grenade launcher • photon burst • quantum burst • TR-116 • TR-120