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* Used by a dwarven character in "Literature/NoNeedForACore" as part of a skirmishing fighting style that lets him reload his single shot pistol regularly, which uses black-powder paper bullets for ammo.
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The child of GunsAkimbo and DualWielding -- a character simultaneously wielding a gun in one hand and a sword in another, or another combination of projectile and melee weapon. This might sometimes seem impractical, as you might want that other hand free to help you steady or something, but it is much, much easier to [[FiringOneHanded handle a weapon with one hand in fiction]]. However, this isn't as impractical as it may seem - this was pretty much the standard armament for officers and cavalry in European-style armies for the better part of three, perhaps four, centuries - carrying a pistol in the offhand for a bit of extra firepower was so commonplace that most swords became one-handed rather than two-handed in this period.
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The child of GunsAkimbo and DualWielding -- a character simultaneously wielding a gun in one hand and a sword in another, or another combination of projectile and melee weapon. This might sometimes seem impractical, as you might want that other hand free to help you steady or something, but it is much, much easier to [[FiringOneHanded handle a weapon with one hand in fiction]]. However, this isn't as impractical as it may seem - this was pretty much the standard armament for officers and cavalry in European-style armies for the better part of three, perhaps four, centuries between the 16th/17th and early 20th - carrying a pistol in the offhand for a bit of extra firepower was so commonplace that most swords became one-handed rather than two-handed in this period.
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The child of GunsAkimbo and DualWielding -- a character simultaneously wielding a gun in one hand and a sword in another, or another combination of projectile and melee weapon. This would generally be impractical, as you might want that other hand free to help you steady or something, but it is much, much easier to [[FiringOneHanded handle a weapon with one hand in fiction]]. Thank the RuleOfCool for that one.
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The child of GunsAkimbo and DualWielding -- a character simultaneously wielding a gun in one hand and a sword in another, or another combination of projectile and melee weapon. This would generally be might sometimes seem impractical, as you might want that other hand free to help you steady or something, but it is much, much easier to [[FiringOneHanded handle a weapon with one hand in fiction]]. Thank However, this isn't as impractical as it may seem - this was pretty much the RuleOfCool standard armament for officers and cavalry in European-style armies for the better part of three, perhaps four, centuries - carrying a pistol in the offhand for a bit of extra firepower was so commonplace that one.
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* As mentioned in the description, officers (commissioned and NCOs) in most European-style militaries carried swords and pistols from somewhere around the 17th century (and probably earlier) into the 20th, when their soldiers were generally carrying muskets or rifles (pike-armed officers in the 17th century usually also had a pike). Essentially, the idea is that a sword is a much better defensive weapon than a long gun, even with a bayonet - it's important for the officer to stay alive, more than to have one more person shooting at the enemy. Originally, these swords would have been basket-hilted broadswords and backswords, smallswords, or rapiers, but they gradually mophed into spadroons and sabres, and then mostly sabres; the pistols went from matchlock and wheellock to flintlock and then cap-and-ball and cartridge revolvers. And, yes, officers in the 19th century did go charging into battle with a sabre in one hand and a revolver in the other, fully expecting to use both. This was especially true in areas where you might expect someone to attack you with a sword, since revolvers provide you with a lot of firepower, but are pretty much useless in hand-to-hand except as a slightly clumsy parrying device, and are slow to reload - and basically impossible to reload in close fighting. Some people doubted the usefulness of the sword, and only carried a pistol... and there are a number of anecdotes about those people firing their six shots at someone charging at them with a sword, hitting them with all six, and the person they're shooting at [[MutualKill manages to live just long enough to close and hit them with the sword]]. And these are generally British accounts, where the revolvers are the .442 Beaumont-Adams, the .476 Enfield or the .455 Webley - so you definitely can't blame small calibre ammunition, it's just that sometimes people miss or don't hit somewhere vital enough to kill the person they're shooting at before they close. Or even that they don't get a chance to draw their pistol - the 19th century solution to [[NeverBringAGunToAKnifeFight the Tueller Drill]] is to have a sword that you can draw much faster.
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* ''Literature/WarsOfTheRealm'': Angels and demons use swords as their primary weapons, but if they want to fight at range, they'll translate pistols from the human realm and use them alongside their swords. A typical engagement will begin with each side unloading the magazines of their pistols before throwing them away and switching to melee combat.
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Deathstroke was created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez in 1980.
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** ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' antagonist ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} is skilled in both melee weapons and guns, and regularly carries examples of both types at once.
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** ComicBook/{{Cable}} is known for his BigFreakingGun, but also frequently carries a sword. The traditonal Cable has a blade that focuses his psionic powers, called a Psimitar, while Kid Cable in the Krakoa era acquires a [[Comicbook/RomSpaceknight Spaceknight]] sword called the Light of Galador, which he later gives to his older self.
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' antagonist ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} is skilled in both melee weapons and guns, and regularly carries examples of both types at once.
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' antagonist ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} is skilled in both melee weapons and guns, and regularly carries examples of both types at once.
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* Percy in the first campaign of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' uses his pistol for preference but carries a sword for close-quarters combat or if the gun is damaged, sometimes dropping or discarding one to use the other in a hurry.
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* In ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'', [[http://suda51.wikia.com/wiki/Skelter_Helter Skelter Helter]] has a [[RevolversAreJustBetter revolver]] that is ''twelve'' revolvers, and a [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] that is ''three'' katana. His brother [[http://suda51.wikia.com/wiki/Helter_Skelter Helter Skelter]] from the trailer for [[VideOGame/NoMoreHeroes the original game]] had a different variant, where his revolvers turned ''into'' swords.
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* In ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'', [[http://suda51.wikia.com/wiki/Skelter_Helter Skelter Helter]] has a [[RevolversAreJustBetter revolver]] that is ''twelve'' revolvers, and a [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] that is ''three'' katana. His brother [[http://suda51.wikia.com/wiki/Helter_Skelter Helter Skelter]] com/wiki/Helter-Skelter Helter-Skelter]] from the trailer for [[VideOGame/NoMoreHeroes the original game]] had a different variant, where his revolvers turned ''into'' swords.
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* The Pirate class in ''VideoGame/FatPrincess'' does this.
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