High performance launcher of short projectiles with storage drum

A toy projectile launcher, comprising:

• a plurality of projectile holders, each projectile holder adapted to hold one projectile;
• a housing;
• a frame disposed within the housing and adapted to be moved forward and backward;
• a launch barrel fixed to the housing;
• a slidable launch barrel sealing extender assembly fitted over a rear end of the fixed launch barrel;
• and
• an air piston assembly disposed within the housing, the air piston assembly including an air piston barrel having an air nozzle disposed on a front portion thereof, a plunger element, and a compression spring,
• wherein the slidable launch barrel sealing extender assembly and the air piston assembly are each coupled to the frame,
• wherein, when the frame is moved backward from a forward position to a backward position:
• the air piston barrel moves backward and pushes the plunger element to compress the compression spring against a rear wall of the housing;
• and
• the slidable launch barrel sealing extender assembly is moved forward away from a front portion of a first projectile holder in the plurality of projectile holders, and
• wherein, when the frame is moved forward from the backward position to the forward position:
• the air nozzle moves forward to form an airtight seal between the air piston barrel and a rear portion of the first projectile holder;
• and
• the slidable launch barrel sealing extender assembly is moved rearward towards the first projectile holder to form an airtight connection between the front portion of the first projectile holder and the rear portion of the fixed launch barrel.