PERSES-THE DESTROYER

NERF RIVAL PERSES MXIX 5000

I've wanted one of these since I first heard about it four years ago. 

When I saw them for an incredible price I just had to have one...

The PERSES hit stores in the fall of 2019. It's a 50 round, fully automatic, NERF RIVAL blaster, capable of firing 8 high impact rounds (HIR) per second. Faster and more compact than the NEMESIS, the PERSES retails for 100 bucks. 

In the weeks leading up to Christmas I saw that Wallly-Mart was selling the PERSES for $50... half off regular price! I was tempted to buy one, but Christmas gifts  for  family and friends took priority. A week or so later and with most of my Christmas shopping done,  I checked the Wallly-Mart website again... now the PERSES was 40 bucks with free shipping. I couldn't resist and bought one. 

Shipping took a  little longer than expected, but it was the holiday season after all... when  my Package arrived, there was no fancy, printed, box... just a plain brown box. 

Box Perses came in. 

Inside the box  was the blaster,  hopper, and charger, wrapped in plastic. A battery, bag of  50 balls (HIR), and an instruction were in a smaller box.

PERSES in packaging 

After unwrapping everything and charging up the battery, it was time to get down to business. 

The PERSES has a 50 round, detachable hopper. The hopper is roughly 14 inches long and 2 inches wide. The entire top is hinged for loading. 

Top view of hopper with lid open. 

The hopper release lever is located on the left side of the blaster. 

Left side view of ejected hopper and hopper release lever. 

Just in front of the hopper is a very clever jamb door. The door slides open  with the push of a button,  and allows direct access to the flywheels. 

Jamb door (open)

The removable,  rechargeable, 9.6 volt, 1500mAH, NiMH battery fits nicely in front of the trigger hand guard, underneath the hopper helping make a well balanced, sleek blaster. The battery release button is below the  battery, on the bottom of the blaster. 

Battery and battery release button. 

As with other RIVAL flywheel blasters,  the PERSES also features the typical ambidextrous safety switch and dual trigger system (acceleration/rev trigger and main firing trigger).

Safety  switch,  main trigger and rev trigger. 

Interestingly PERSES was the Titan god of destruction, but the blaster does not have the word PERSES anywhere on it. While MXIX is molded into the right side of the blaster, the Roman numerals convert to 1019. The product number is E4859... I have no idea what MXIX 5000 is about?

Sling attachment 

There is also one small tactical rail on the bottom front of the blaster.  

Tactical rail. 

Performance wise the PERSES is simply a beast! It fires 8 to 9 rounds a second, with a freshly charged battery. The rounds travel at an average velocity of just about 100fps. Average range is over 80 feet. 

The size and feel of the PERSES is just about  perfect. The  grip and shoulder stock are comfortable,  and to make things even better, a few years ago I purchased a RIVAL Flashlight grip at the Toys r Us going out of business sale. I found  that it didn't fit with any of the blasters I had until...

Perses with grip attachment 

It's almost like this grip was made for this blaster and this blaster needed this grip!

My only real  complaint is that the PERSES runs out of ammo so fast. I think that an aftermarket hopper extension is definitely in order.

Shane M's PERSES w/ Out Of Darts extended hopper.

 I highly recommend the PERSES. I think it's absolutely one of the best blasters NERF has ever come up with.  It seems that it can now be found online for considerably less than 100 dollars, so be sure to shop around and...

                                        NERF on NERFerS!!!