Editing Air gun (section)

===Darts and arrows===
[[File:LG Bolzen.jpg|thumb|Darts for an air gun]]
In the 18th and 19th centuries, air gun darts were popular, largely because they could be reused. Although less popular now, several different types of darts are made to be used in air guns, but it is not recommended that darts be used in air guns with [[rifling|rifled]] bores or in spring-powered air guns.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beemans.net/airgun_projectiles.htm|title= Airgun projectiles|access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref> Air guns that shoot darts are sometimes called ''dart guns'', and ''[[tranquilizer gun]]s'' if the darts used are loaded with [[anesthetic]] ([[tranquilizer]]) compounds.

Some modern air guns are designed to discharge arrows and are called ''arrow guns'' or sometimes ''airbows''. These arrows are designed with a hollow shaft that is open in the rear where the [[nock (arrow)|nock]] would normally be. When loaded, the hollow arrow shaft is slid rearwards over a barrel whose external diameter is only fractionally smaller than the shaft's interior diameter, providing a close-enough fitting that minimizes rattling and gives a reasonable enveloping [[seal (mechanical)|seal]] without causing too much [[friction]]. During shooting, the trigger releases high-pressure air from the barrel to the front portion of the hollow arrow shaft, pushing the arrow forward. Such air guns can shoot arrows at launch velocities rivalling or even exceeding high-end [[crossbow]]s, while retaining consistency of precision unaffected by [[archer's paradox]], but they are also more expensive to set up and maintain.