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{{quote|''"A blade in my left, a gun in my right
''To beat you within, an inch of your life"''
|'''[[Anthrax]]''', "Armed and Dangerous"}}
The child of [[Guns Akimbo]] and [[Dual-Wielding]] - 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 [[Firing One-Handed|handle a weapon with one hand in fiction]]. Thank the [[Rule of Cool]] for that one.
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The sword and gun combo was also considered the preferred combination for cavalry. There is even a specific kind of pistol holster called a Cavalry Holster that is worn to facilitate an easy cross draw for your off hand. The saber was considered the primary weapon and the pistol a secondary. The general idea was the pistol allowed the cavalryman to engage threats beyond the reach of their saber.
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For guns that ''shoot'' swords, see [[Abnormal Ammo]]. For swords which ''turn into'' guns see [[Swiss Army Weapon]].
Compare [[Bow and Sword
Not to be confused with the show ''[[Gun X Sword]]'', [[Final Fantasy VIII|gunblades]], or [[The Musketeer]] (a person ''proficient'' in both sword and gun, but who doesn't generally dual-wield them).
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== Anime and Manga ==
* As Teana Lanster of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' dual-wields a pair of [[Empathic Weapon|Devices]] that can [[Swiss Army Weapon|switch from]] [[Guns Akimbo|guns]] to [[Dual-Wielding|daggers]] and back, this trope was inevitable. She employs this during her final confrontation with the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Numbers]] [[Hollywood Cyborg|cyborgs]].
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== Comic Books ==
* [[Deadpool]] usually has a gun in one hand, a sword in the other, a gun in the other and a sword in the other.
* ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'': Corsair, [[Space Pirate]] and father of Scott Summers (aka Cyclops).
* Seen in the pirate flashback in [[Tintin|The secret of the Unicorn]]
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== Fan
* The second ''[[Spirits
* The ''[[Firefly]]'' fanfic ''[[Forward]]'' has both River and {{spoiler|Book}} fighting in this style.
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* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'', natch.
* [[Indiana Jones]], with his iconic whip and revolver.
* At one point in ''[[The Matrix]] Reloaded'', Morpheus had a submachine gun in one hand and a katana in the other. He then proceeded to use both to dispatch The Twins.
* Long John Silver in Disney's ''[[Treasure Island]]''.
* Blackbeard in Disney's ''[[Blackbeards Ghost]]''. He carries a Cutlass and multiple pistols, including some modern pistols.
* ''[[Evil Dead]] 2'', Ash Williams weilds a shotgun and a chainsaw in either hand. The shotgun is sawn down to weild in one hand, while the chainsaw is attached to his arm-stump.
* [[Blade]] has done this a couple of times.
* ''[[Master and Commander]]: [[Long Title|The Far Side of the World]]''
* Snake-Eyes in ''[[G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra]]''.
* Mel Gibson during the final battle of ''[[The Patriot]]'', with a pistol and hatchet.
** Earlier, [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|in the ambush]] [[Roaring Rampage of Rescue|scene]], using [[Up to Eleven|two rifles, one pistol, a hatchet and a knife]]. [[Berserker Tears|Mel had]] [[Chewing the Scenery|a good time.]]
* Baby Doll in ''[[Sucker Punch]]'' uses a [[Katanas Are Just Better|katana]] in one hand and a nickel-plated 1911 Colt .45 in the other. As you can guess, the action scenes in this movie run exclusively on the [[Rule of Cool]].
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== Literature ==
* [[Solomon Kane]] is the embodiment of the trope, for all the reasons noted above. Plus he has a nifty hat.
* ''[[The Three Musketeers (novel)|The Three Musketeers]]'' tend to feature this trope in their various incarnation.
* '''[[Ciaphas Cain|CIAPHAS CAIN, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM]]''' uses a Laspistol and a [[Chainsaw Good|Chainsword]].
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* ''[[In the Courts of The Crimson Kings]]''. As the biotech weapons of the Martians take a few seconds to reload, swordwork is still important.
* Common in the ''[[Dresden Files]]'' with notable examples being Sanya, a black Russian who wields a cavalry saber with a nail from the true cross in the hilt and an AK-47 and Thomas Raith, a vampire who weilds a saber and a sawed off shotgun. Harry carries a sword and a pistol on occasion, but rarely pulls both out as per this trope. Murphy counts as this when she borrows one of the three Swords of the Cross for the assault on the Red Court in New Mexico. Young, savvy Wardens tend to be this, including Carlos, who has a Desert Eagle and his Warden Sword.
* Lieutenant Walter Hamilton VC charges into his last fight with revolver and sabre in M.M. Kaye's ''The Far Pavilions''. Essentially [[Truth in Television]], as this is a historical novel dealing with events spanning the Indian Mutiny and the Second Afghan War.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* This style is prevalent in ''[[Warhammer
** Oddly enough you have to put quite a few points into the right weapon skills to do this in the RPGs, despite it being an almost universal practice in the setting for anyone carrying a pistol.
*** This is not unusual, as the Tabletop figures that do this are usually leaders, special characters, or specialist assault troops who, in the RPG, would have XP to burn.
** Where normal chapters can use Bolt Pistols along with a sword, the Grey Hunters and some other units of the Space Wolves chapter can use boltguns instead at the same cost. To elaborate, boltguns are weapons that normally uses both hands to carry, and the Space Wolves use it one-handed at the same efficiency, plus the bonus of also being able to carry a melee weapon in the other hand.
*** To take it to an even greater extreme, the Grey Knights use a storm bolter, which is similar to having two bolters ''in one hand''. To reiterate, a boltgun is the main infantry weapon of the setting's Super Soldiers, and these guys have a double-barreled version of them in one hand, and a goddamn halberd in the other. [[Up to Eleven]] indeed.
**** Both the Grey Knights, and all Space Marine Terminators, use storm
** A stereotypical [[The Political Officer|Commissar]] brandishes a chainsword, bolt pistol or both.
* In ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]] Fantasy Battle'' the Empire, the Skaven and Dwarfs can do this. For dwarfs it's the only way many of their characters can get "two hand weapons"; Skaven can do this together with a tail weapon.
* The Master Privateer in ''The [[Star Wars]] Roleplaying Game: Saga Edition'' has a series of three talents for this. When you have all three of these talents, you have the ability to move and make up to 6 attacks in the same round (three with each weapon). Oh, and the melee weapon can be a two-handed (and thus more powerful) one like a vibro-ax.
* In the tabletop game ''[[War Zone]]'', this is pretty much a standard configuration for heroes, usually with an SMG and a chainsword, and mortificators ([[McNinja]] in service of the inquisition), with a one-edged sword and a large pistol.
* ''[[Dungeons
** Drow introduced hand crossbows to the D&D rules way back in 1st edition. Although weak, the Drow poison the bolts.
* Sister product ''[[D20 Modern]]'' has surprisingly little support for this. Rules as written, firing a pistol provokes an attack of opportunity from foes in melee (essentially, trying to point-blank someone gives them the opportunity to shove the gun away), and there are very few ways to get around this. That said, if you can manage to overcome that difficulty, the regular two-weapon-fighting Feats are all that you need.
* ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'' had no shortage of characters that were designed purely for the purpose of being [[Badass|dangerously awesome]], but only a select few lived up to the notoriety of [[Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work|Francisco]] [[Chessmaster|Domingo]] [[Magnificent Bastard|de]] [[Crazy Prepared|Polonia]], [[Religion of Evil|Sabbat]] [[Villain with Good Publicity|Archbishop]] of [[Eldritch Location|New]] [[Genius Loci|York]]. Appearing in numerous supplements and novels, he was easily one of the company's favorites. One of the supplements he appeared in not only gave him impressive Firearms and Melee stats, but his character description actually pointed out that when in battle - in a modern, American setting, with all the [[Unfortunate Implications|legality that attends]] - he was always seen with a machine pistol and a shortsword simultaneously drawn.
* Agent Carr and the second version of Sgt. Drake Alexander in ''[[Heroscape]]''.
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' does this with [[Badass Abnormal|Nero]] in the fourth game, who wields the sword Red Queen in his left hand, and switches his double-barreled [[Revolvers Are Just Better|revolver]] [[Hand Cannon|Blue Rose]] over to the other (when he's not using the [[Red Right Hand|Devil Bringer]] to grapple and make enemies [[Mortal Kombat|"GET OVER HERE!"]]) to perform charged shots, in contrast to Dante's [[Guns Akimbo]] style.
** Nero actually shoots with his right hand ''for'' said charged shots, as the 'charge' is demonic energy that, oddly enough, comes from his [[Red Right Hand|Devil Bringer right arm]].
* Any humanoid character in ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]'' is capable of wielding both a Magichange sword and a Magichange gun at the same time.
* ''[[Tenchu]]'' has done this a few times, having a boss who wields both at the same time. Usually he's a pretty horrible and limited swordsman, but if you don't kill him quickly he can open up some powerful combos on you with both the gun and sword.
* Julie from ''[[Heavy Metal FAKK]] 2'' can wield a melee weapon and a ranged weapon (pistol, UZI, or crossbow). Sadly, it is [[Awesome but Impractical]] as for the most time, you need either a shield in the off-hand or dual guns to max out the firepower.
* [[Dark Forces Saga|Kyle Katarn]] is occasionally depicted holding both a lightsaber and his Bryar pistol... itself a cut-down rifle.
** Kyle Katarn is one of the few Jedi seen using a blaster as a regular weapon.
* In ''Anno 1701'', in the third installment of the ''[[Anno Domini]]'' series, the militia men wield a pistol and a sabre each (strange thing though, that that those pistols are able to fire after every second sabre thrust - so once every three seconds... in 1701!!)
** Also, it should be noted, that the militiamen, being armed with sabres ''and'' pistols, are, ''purely theoretically'', better armed than any other unit in the game (Grenadiers, for instance, fight with [[You Fail History Forever|grenades and knives]], [[In Name Only|pikemen with helbards]], and [[Musketeers]] are [[You Fail History Forever|nonexistent]]).
* ''[[Soul Calibur]]'' has Cervantes, a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|zombie pirate]], who wields Soul Edge and Nirvana, a dagger with a pistol inside it. He only has a few attacks that use the gun, though.
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'''s Naked Snake. CQC is based around holding a gun and a knife at the same time, in particular the knife held in reverse alongside the pistol in a two-handed grip that can easily separate. The Boss, having created CQC, does likewise, albeit with a BFG.
** Down the line, Old Snake would later use a version where he could carry a knife and ''rifle'' at the same time, albeit using an odd two-fingered grip; however, in gameplay the knife is not actually used with the rifle, since the melee attack is a smack with the rifle's stock. (One of the odder ''Metal Gear''-related pictures around is characters from Metal Gear Online using this grip ''without'' a knife.)
*** In the final release of ''Metal Gear Online,'' the knife is always present. In ''Guns of the Patriots,'' Snake makes better use of the knife + rifle combination [[Cutscene Power to the Max|in cutscenes,]] although never lethally; it's clear that the intent is the same as with a pistol, just more limited with the rifle's bigger size. [[Gameplay and Story Segregation|In gameplay,]] Snake can't make a direct attack with the knife while he has a pistol equipped, either. Finally, some of the rifle grips are ''really'' bizarre, when having the off-hand in the "traditional" position under the barrel would result in the knife poking the magazine, Snake or online characters resort to a strange [https://web.archive.org/web/20121030150419/http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Games/M/Metal%20Gear%20Solid%20Online/Everything%20else/CutOut1--article_image.jpg claw grip.] It should be noted that [[Rule of Cool|while all of this is visually awesome,]] it would be completely ridiculous in reality.
** [http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7960/knifegun.jpg Knife + Gun = Knifegun]!
* Gordon Freeman of ''[[Half Life]]'' is often shown with a gun in one hand and a sword... er, make that crowbar... in the other.
* Gangplank, the pirate champion in the online game ''[[League of Legends]]'', fights with a cutlass and a pistol. As a result, he is rather [[Glass Cannon|squishy]], but he is capable of a low-cooldown, short-to-mid range blast from his hand cannon that deals incredible damage.
* ''[[Dark Cloud|Dark Chronicle]]'''s characters wield a gun and a wrench, and a magic-zapping armband and a sword, in their left and right hands respectively.
* Most of the artwork in the online game ''[[Gunz]]: The Duel'' depicts characters with such weapons. K-style makes this somewhat possible through a combo of close-up sword-slashing and ranged shotgunning or revolver fire. It had the downside of making the shotgun one of the most overused weapons in an online game.
* A one-handed sword/one-handed gun combo is one of several possible stances in ''[[Phantasy Star]] Universe''.
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* ''[[Clive Barker's Jericho]]'' has Billy Church, a sanguimancer (blood mage) who carries an SMG and a katana. [[Rule of Cool|She prefers the katana.]]
* A basic "balanced" loadout for ''[[Armored Core]]'' mecha includes a [[Laser Blade]] and some sort of mid-range firearm (either a [[Frickin' Laser Beams|plasma rifle]] or SMG).
* Rayne from ''[[
* Hayden from ''[[Dark Sector]]'' wields a pistol in one hand and the bladed Glaive in the other hand. Notably, the Glaive is also dual-functioned as it can be used in melee or thrown as a Boomerang Sword.
* The protagonist of the "Katana" mod for ''[[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]]'' can opt to wield his title blade and a [[Sawed-Off Shotgun]] together.
* Nobunaga of ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' does this with a [[Sawn Off Shotgun]]. He can chain them together for a combo, but it's [[Awesome but Impractical]] at best.
* ''[[Hellgate:London]]'' allows its Templar classes to do so, with the guns ranging from grenade launchers to chaingun pistols.
* ''[[Red Steel]] 2'' allows you to switch between guns and katana at any time, as opposed to the segregated shooting and dueling segments of its predecessor.
* In ''Oniblade''/''X-Blades'', this is taken even further. Ayumi wields the gun ''and'' the sword with single hand: she's using a gunblade, which is basically a shortsword with revolver welded into it, and she's carrying ''two''
* Spark Blade in ''[[City of Heroes]]'' combines this with electric-charging powers. Since there's no actual way to depict this in the game yet, he has so far only existed in the lore and a couple of promotional trailers.
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* Saint Germain from ''[[Castlevania]]: Curse of Darkness'' does this.
* ''[[Call of Duty]]: [[Modern Warfare]] 2'' has the "Tactical Knife" attachment, which increases the speed you can perform melee attacks at while you're holding a gun with it. This can be attached to ''any'' pistol - specifically, the USP .45, M9, [[Hand Cannon|.44 Magnum, or Desert Eagle]].
* It's possible to do this with every class in ''Torchlight''.
* Haken Browning of ''[[Endless Frontier|Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Endless Frontier]]'' packs the Night Fowl, a [[Swiss Army Weapon]] that's basically an assault rifle, pile bunker and bayonet rolled into one. At times, in conjunction with the Night Fowl, Haken will pull out the Longturm Special, a revolver that doubles as a portable [[Wave Motion Gun]]. ''[[Namco X Capcom]]'' import Reiji Arisu carries ''two'' katanas and ''two'' guns (revolver and shotgun). In both cases, there will be lots of juggling of weapons...[[Gainaxing|among other things]]...
* Hubert Ozwell of ''[[Tales of Graces]]'' is not content with just this trope, so he decides to wield a [[Double Weapon|double-bladed sword]]. Composed of [[Dual-Wielding|two short swords]]. [[Guns Akimbo|That can turn into double pistols]]. [[Swiss Army Weapon|And a bow]].
** Again in the ''[[Tales (series)]]'', precisely in the [[Tales of the World|Radiant Mythology subserie]], more precisely [[No Export for You|in the two titles not released outside of Japan]], there's the [[Pirate]] [[Job System|class]] that fights with [https://web.archive.org/web/20111111130557/http://images.wikia.com/aselia/images/e/ec/Pirate.jpg both a dagger and a gun] and looks cool too.
** Alvin from [[Tales of Xillia]] plays this straight, wielding a one-handed sword and a pistol.
* Heaven and Hell stance in ''Granado Espada''.
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* Mordecai in ''[[Borderlands]]'': His close range weapon is a sword. May possibly apply to Brick as well; just change sword to pipe. In the sequel, Zer0 got a skill that advocates using a gun and his sword in tandem.
* In ''[[Assassin's Creed]]: Brotherhood'' Ezio can use both a one-handed sword or bludgeon and his hidden gun together in combat, unlike in ''2'' where they were separate. A variant is using a Short Blade together with throwing knives. Swiss Guards, the most [[Elite Mook]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPqL2QEWnkY pack both a pistol and a sword].
** This trend continues in [[Assassin's Creed: Revelations|Revelations]] with the Janissaries, who won't hesitate to pull out a pistol and shoot you (the trick to beating them is to pull out ''your'' pistol and shoot them).
* Rudy in the original version of ''[[Wild
* ''[[Mount
** And if you don't have firearms enabled, pretty much the same effect can be had by equipping a throwing weapon of some sort.
* During the attract mode of ''[[Time Crisis]] 3'', Giorgio Zott can be seen holding a sword and an assault rifle.
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* In ''[[Samurai Warriors]] Chronicles'', your customizable character, if male, gets to use a 2-handed katana and a rifle in tandem during combat. That is: he holds the katana one-handed and fires his rifle one-handed. And can do this while running. Two generally 2-handed weapons being used one-handed. This also applies to [[Smug Snake|Masamune Date]], who uses a saber and pistol in certain combos.
* The titular character in ''[[Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman]]'' (for the [[PS 1]]).
* ''[[Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine]]'' allows you to equip a pistol and a melee weapon
* Many ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' games have the main character wield swords, knives, and guns. Specifically, the protagonists of the [[Shin Megami Tensei I|first]], [[Shin Megami Tensei II|second]], and [[Strange Journey|fourth]] games, [[Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army|Raidou]] [[Raidou Kuzunoha VS King Abaddon|Kuzunoha]], among others.
* Subject delta of [[
* Lightning Farron from ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' actually uses a gun as a part of her sword attack combo when her ATB gauge reaches level 4, in addition of showing her carry it in cutscenes once in a while.
* In ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', Shepard gains the Omni-blade for melee attacks. Promotional artwork and cinematic trailers heavily featurd Shepard wielding both a gun and an Omni-blade, cutting down husks with both in rapid succession.
* In ''[[No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle]]'', [http://suda51.wikia.com/wiki/Skelter_Helter Skelter Helter] has a [[Revolvers Are Just Better|revolver]] that is ''twelve'' revolvers, and a [[Katanas Are Just Better|katana]] that is ''three'' katana.
* The Buccaneers of ''[[Etrian Odyssey]] III: The Drowned City'' use [[Royal Rapier|Rapiers]] and [[The Gunslinger|Guns]] as their weapons of choice. While the player cannot have them equip both,<ref>unless their primary class is the dual-wielding Shogun</ref>
* ''[[E.Y.E.: Divine Cybermancy]]'' allows players to wield certain pistols and swords at the same time. Players can carry the fully automatic .45ACP pistol with a katana, for example. Or the [[BFS|Damocles]] [[Stuff Blowing Up|high-explosive sword]] with a [[Hand Cannon|.444 anti-vehicle revolver]]
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== Web Comics ==
* [[MAG
* In ''[[Galactic Maximum]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20120104034530/http://maximumcomic.com/?strip_id=1 during the initial fight.]
* In ''[[Girl Genius]]'', we see [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040702 Klaus Wulfenbach fighting like this] (along with a [[Badass Bandolier|bandolier of gas grenades]]). Also, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120611 Ruxala] quickly switches between blade and handgun, and possibly [[The Hunter|the Vespiary Squads]] in general - or at least that's all we have seen them carry (Sergeant Scorp has [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20061027 his fancy gun] and [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20061030 short sword] and Tarvek took from another guy a knife and gun small enough to just pocket it). The Wulfenbach "Stealth Fighters" are uniformly armed with (poisoned) dirks and pistols.
== Real Life ==
* Pistol originated as a knightly weapon. The pike formations countered cavalry charges, thus cavalry pistols and carbines became the preferred way of breaking infantry formations. After abandoning the lance in the 16th century, knights took pistol as their primary weapon. The favoured tactics was either caracole (counter-march on horseback) or attacking the enemy in gallop, and shooting two pistols at the enemy without re-loading at close distance and then hitting him with sword.
* [[Thirty Years' War]] Finnish ''hakkapeliittas'', who were armed with two pistols and sword. They attacked the enemy in full gallop, with shooting him at close distance and then drawing the sword.
* Golden Age pirates, most famously Blackbeard, would carry both a sword and multiple loaded pistols on their person. Blackbeard tended to carry as many as he could manage, even adding extra pockets to his clothes just to make room for more.
* During the American Civil War, this was actually very common. Officers, whether actually in the cavalry or not, had the trappings of cavalry due to military history stretching back to the concept of knighthood. As such, while the rank and file had rifles with bayonets, officers were outfitted with revolvers and sabres. To see a cinematic example of how this can be both effective and awesome in the context of warfare that sits at the transition between pitched battles on open fields and WWI trenches, see ''[[Glory]]''.
▲** The first revolvers were designed to be held in the left hand, specifically with the cavalry in mind, who would have held their swords in the right. US Army pistol holsters from that era are all designed to be worn on the right for a cross-draw using the left hand. The reason was the pistol was considered secondary to the saber.
* Not surprising considering how many songs mention it, but highwaymen often carried both sword and pistol.
* The French elite warriors, the musketeers were skilled with both muskets and rapiers. It is somewhat humorous that they are now famous for their swordwork, when at the time it was their guns that made them famous (hence they're called musketeers).
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