The utility model relates to the technical field of air guns, and discloses an external air cylinder for an air gun, which comprises a cylinder body, a
constant pressure valve, a high-pressure air
pipe with one end connected with the position of an opening of the cylinder body, a quick joint arranged at one end of the high-pressure air
pipe far away from the cylinder body, and a hanging plate, and an elastic bag for embedding and locking the cylinder body is arranged on the side wall of the hanging plate. Elastic hanging buckles are arranged on two sides of the upper end of the hanging plate, and an
elastic bandage with two ends respectively connected with the hanging plate is arranged on one side, far away from the elastic bag, of the hanging plate. After the
bottle body is taken out of the elastic bag of the hanging plate, the
bottle body can be independently carried; after the
bottle body is embedded into the elastic bag, the elastic bag can lock the bottle body, and then the hanging plate can be hung on a waistband or other positions, where the bottle body can be hung, of the
human body through the elastic hanging buckle; meanwhile, the arm can penetrate through the
elastic bandage on the hanging plate, so that the hanging plate and the bottle body are restrained on the arm; finally, the bottle body can adapt to different wearing
modes.