Pneumatic launching apparatus with positioning of plural rounds from breech to alignment passages of barrels and methods

A toy launching method, comprising:

• providing a firing mechanism housing supporting plural projectile launching barrels;
• driving an air compression element comprising plural cylinders and plural elongated breech bolts, the breech bolts having a proximal end at the cylinders and plural breech bolt channels extending therethrough for fluid communication from the cylinders through the breech bolts for expelling compressed air from the distal ends of the breech bolts, the cylinders having a cylinder driving coupling and an air compression element lock cam;
• slidably receiving a piston at the cylinders of the air compression element, the piston having a piston driving coupling, a piston catch and a piston spring;
• defining plural alignment passages for alignment with the projectile launching barrels, defining a breech with a projectile round positioner within the alignment passage behind the barrel with the breech bolts of the air compression element capable of extending into the alignment passages to position a received projectile between the distal end of the breech bolt and the barrel;
• enabling a piston latch being capable of receiving the piston catch, the piston latch having a piston latch follower;
• translating the air compression element with a priming handle capable, the priming handle having a priming handle interlock pathway;
• providing a priming handle interlock follower capable of following the priming handle interlock pathway;
• and
• triggering using a trigger cam capable of being followed by the piston latch follower, the trigger having an air compression element lock latch being capable of engaging with the air compression element lock catch.