Abstract: A launching system for an air gun includes a compression cylinder. The compression cylinder includes a cylinder body having an open rearward end and a closed forward end with an interior bore therebetween. The forward end has a transfer port configured for fluid communication with a barrel of an air gun. The piston includes a piston body. The piston body has a forward portion disposed within the interior bore. A sealing device is disposed on the forward portion of the piston body. One of a ferromagnetic section or magnet is disposed on a rearward portion of the piston body. A drive coil assembly is disposed over the one of a ferromagnetic section or magnet. When the drive coil assembly is energized with a first polarity, the piston is drawn from a reset position to a firing position relative to the compression cylinder by the drive coil assembly with increasing force.