Air-powered toy gun and pliable projectiles for shooting therefrom

An air-powered toy gun, comprising:

• a housing with a barrel, the housing having a cartridge slot formed to accept a projectile cartridge and align a bullet chamber of the cartridge with the barrel;
• an air cylinder attached with the housing;
• a dual slide unit slideably attached with the housing, the dual slide unit having a plunger positioned within the air cylinder;
• a pull back handle attached with the dual slide unit such that as a user pulls the pull back handle, the plunger is drawn from the air cylinder;
• and
• conduits attached with the air cylinder to fluidly connect the air cylinder with the bullet chamber of a cartridge when a cartridge is positioned within the main housing, whereby a user can draw the plunger from the air cylinder and release the pull back handle to cause the plunger to compress air within the air cylinder and force the compressed air through the conduits to shoot a projectile from the bullet chamber of a cartridge;
• further comprising an indexing mechanism attached with the housing, the indexing mechanism operably connected with the dual slide unit such that upon motion of the dual slide unit, the indexing mechanism draws a cartridge through the cartridge slot;
• wherein the dual slide unit includes a top indexing platform with a slot formed therein, and wherein the indexing mechanism further includes an indexing lever and an indexing gear operably connected with the indexing lever, the indexing lever being attached with the housing such that upon motion of the dual slide unit, the indexing lever slides within the slot and causes the indexing gear to rotate, thereby drawing a cartridge through the cartridge slot.