 | This product has been discontinued. It cannot be purchased in retail stores. The only way to obtain it is through second-hand websites and stores. |
The Artemis XVII-3000 is a Nerf blaster that was released in spring of 2017 under the RIVAL series.
Included contents[]
- 1 Artemis XVII-3000
- 30 High-Impact Rounds
- Instructions
Details[]
The Artemis is a pump-action blaster that features three integrated magazines that hold ten High-Impact Rounds each, and a front turret system that rotates on the prime. This gives it an advertised capacity of thirty rounds, although it can actually hold thirty-four by filling each magazine and having one round in each of the turret's chambers. It also has the ability to be slam fired for a higher rate of fire. Like other RIVAL blasters, a safety mechanism is located just next to the trigger.
The Artemis XVII-3000 uses a rotation mechanism to turn the turret; there is a cam track surrounding the revolving turret which gets indexed by a slide.[1]
The turret itself has a loading chamber which all three integrated magazines feed into. When the blaster is primed, this rotates both the front turret piece and the loading chamber section as well, chambering a round into the bottom-most barrel to be fired. Only the bottom-most barrel will be fired from as a result of this mechanism. This mechanism favors the left magazine on a fully-loaded Artemis, as the rotating chamber advances counter-clockwise. In order to load rounds specifically from the top or right magazines, the blaster must be primed multiple times.[2]
There is a priming indicator on the left and right sides of the blaster, and an unjamming button which unlocks the priming grip when the blaster is already primed. It has a single tactical rail and a two strap points; one on the rear of the blaster and one built into the blaster's handle.
Official description[]
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Experience head-to-head competition with the precision and power of the Nerf Rival Artemis XVII-3000 blaster! Choose a blaster color and go into battle as the Red Team or the Blue Team. The high-capacity Artemis XVII-3000 blaster holds 30 high-impact rounds and fires them at a velocity of 100 feet per second (30 meters per second). Get ready for battle fast with the easy-load integrated magazine. Launch each round with calculated targeting, or inundate opponents by unleashing all 30 rounds rapidly with slam-fire action. The Artemis XVII-3000 blaster has a rotating barrel, trigger lock, and tactical rail. Experience the intensity of the Nerf Rival Artemis XVII-3000 blaster! Includes blaster, 30 rounds, and instructions.
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Color schemes[]
The Artemis XVII-3000 has been released in the following colors:
- Team Red (red, black, and orange)
- Team Blue (blue, black, and orange)
Trivia[]
- The Artemis XVII-3000 is named after Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt, forests and hills, the moon, and archery. Artemis is also the twin sister of Apollo, which the Apollo XV-700 was named after.
- The Artemis was the first RIVAL blaster to be named after a female Greek deity; both the Hera MXVII-1200 and Nemesis MXVII-10K followed suit later that year.
- The Artemis XVII-3000 is similar in some respects to the older Nerf Action Ballzooka, as it is a pump-action, ball-firing blaster with rotating barrels. The only difference is that the Artemis has a trigger while the Ballzooka didn't, as the latter fired when the user worked the pump.
- The blaster's packaging depicts the blaster as being partially primed.
- It is the first RIVAL blaster to not use an external magazine.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑
Out of Darts (2016-12-12). Rival Artemis: Internals and chronograph (Video). YouTube. Retrieved on 2017-09-17. - ↑ Ben Hamilton (2016-12-01). Rival Artemis Interpretation (Video). YouTube. Retrieved on 2017-09-22.
External links[]
- Red Artemis XVII-3000 on the Nerf website (archived link)
- Blue Artemis XVII-3000 on the Nerf website (archived link)
