Hi guys

I found a Chinese "dart gun" and "sleeve arrow"at a market in China and wonder if anyone knows about these objects. They are both metal tubes about 20-30cm long which fire darts (metal, heavy, 3cm) and arrows (thin, about the length of a chopstick). They are spring loaded and fire very powerfully by pressing a button. Any idea of the age? They look very old and I was told pre-1900 at least as they went out of fashion after the Boxer Rebellion. Could they be replicas?
I'll post pictures when I get the chance but ANY info about these weapons would be appreciated as they are very new to me.
Thanks
Yulong

Didn't know you can even get such an antique gun in China market? Do you have any picture of it?

I'll try and get a pic up within the week. I have the dart gun and might go back for the sleeve arrow, didn't have cash with me. The market is very small, not touristy and in a small-medium city in China with a strong martial arts background. They have a number of older weapons mixed with a lot of junk, mostly swords, in very poor condition scattered about the stalls. The vendors are mostly from surrounding villages and buy second hand items from the locals there so its hard to verify ages. Wish I knew more about Chinese weapons.
Have you heard of these kind of dart guns before?

I made a video of mine.

More info in video details.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gksdgkz0Q4U