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So who can be equipped with two pistols?does it have to be two different pistols? Also any need for a close combat weapon if a pistol can count as one?

I'm pretty sure only the sargent gets a pistol and close combat weapon. The actual penal legionaires just have lasguns.

It will be part of a model's options if they can take multiple pistols, they need not be the same type and since they both count as a CCW, you would get +1 attack in combat with them.

IG has a lot of ways to get it, since we get the whole "you may replace your pistol/ccw with..." deal.

For example, I could have a sarge with laspistol/bolt pistol, x2 bolt pistol, bolt pistol/plasma pistol, or x2 plasma pistol.

You unfortunately can't do x2 laspistol, which would be awesome and actually useful...

No idea what other codexes get in regards to gunslinger though.

So in theory a space marine sgt or commander could do a bolt pistol and plasma pistol then use the rule?

So what is this rule anyway? I've only ever heard of it as the Gunslinger rule for Penal Legion. I checked the USR and didn't find anything.

 Dakkamite wrote:
So what is this rule anyway? I've only ever heard of it as the Gunslinger rule for Penal Legion. I checked the USR and didn't find anything.

Look in the BRB ranged weapons section under "pistols"

In the basic rule book it says if you have two pistols you can fire both of them instead of the normal one weapon at a time.

Sisters of Battle get this with their Seraphim and it can make your opponent cry/rage when they find out your dual wielding Hand flamer girls double their shots rather than twin-link them.

Then they find out you can get rerolls to wound aswell and all hell breaks loose.

There's not a lot of units that can do this, as you have to actually be able to take 2 pistols first

DE archons with 2 blast pistols are fun.

A lot of squad leaders can. Anyone in the Sisters army that has 'superior' in the name csn typically bring a pistol and a plasma pistol. A lot of Dark Angel Veterans. Space Wolves Wolf Packs. Stuff like that.

Seems kinda goofy for IG anyway...why take 2 Plasma Pistols for 20 pts when I can take a Plasma Gun for 15?

So you can model a DKoK storm trooper with 2 plasma pistols of course!

Seriously though you do it when you don't have the points to cover the additional carrier cost that is veterans.

 NuggzTheNinja wrote:
Seems kinda goofy for IG anyway...why take 2 Plasma Pistols for 20 pts when I can take a Plasma Gun for 15?

The point is that you can take both, which is a lot of plasma. I like to take a CCS with four plasma guns and a double pistol commander. That gives ten plasma shots at lose range.

I have a C:SM sergeant modeled with two plasma pistols. I modeled him that way for lucky precision plasma shots before an assault. And because it looks badass.

So what stops having two of the basic pistol of an army? (i can't find any exact rules on it.)

Drakka77 wrote:
So what stops having two of the basic pistol of an army? (i can't find any exact rules on it.)

Nothing. It just happens to be the case that most (all?) units that can take pistol upgrades start with a single basic pistol and can not take more basic pistols. So an IG sergeant starts with a laspistol, and has upgrade options of bolt pistol and plasma pistol. If the next edition of the codex added a laspistol to that list there would be nothing preventing you from having dual laspistols.

The orks only have the one but i have been reading the codex. Nothing in it says one way or the other about duel wielding. There is no pistol upgrade but all basic ork boys come with a slugga and a choppa. I was wondering if there is any reason rule wise that i cant have them having two sluggas instead of having choppas at all. (CCW seem pointless to me combat wise since a pistol is a CCW on top of being a shooting/assualt weapon.)

Because the codex doesn't say you can.

Drakka77 wrote:
The orks only have the one but i have been reading the codex. Nothing in it says one way or the other about duel wielding. There is no pistol upgrade but all basic ork boys come with a slugga and a choppa. I was wondering if there is any reason rule wise that i cant have them having two sluggas instead of having choppas at all. (CCW seem pointless to me combat wise since a pistol is a CCW on top of being a shooting/assualt weapon.)

More of a balancing issue. Sluggas in a pair are simply better than Choppas and Sluggas because it's a free extra shot.

Drakka77 wrote:The orks only have the one but i have been reading the codex. Nothing in it says one way or the other about duel wielding. There is no pistol upgrade but all basic ork boys come with a slugga and a choppa. I was wondering if there is any reason rule wise that i cant have them having two sluggas instead of having choppas at all. (CCW seem pointless to me combat wise since a pistol is a CCW on top of being a shooting/assualt weapon.)

Because the codex specifically states "They come with a choppa and slugga" not "they may come with 2 sluggas or a slugga and a close combat weapon". The unit or model in question has to have an option to take a second pistol for it to work. It's kind of clumsily implemented. I would love it if my IG sarges could duel wield laspistols, and it would be neat to see ork boyz dual wielding sluggas (however, you'd never see regular slugga boyz anymore, since why would you bother with a choppa if the slugga gives you an extra CC attack as well?)

NuggzTheNinja wrote:Seems kinda goofy for IG anyway...why take 2 Plasma Pistols for 20 pts when I can take a Plasma Gun for 15?

You pay an extra 5pts for how incredibly cool your model looks.

 beigeknight wrote:
I have a C:SM sergeant modeled with two plasma pistols. I modeled him that way for lucky precision plasma shots before an assault. And because it looks badass.

This, all the way. You do dual pistols because it looks cool, and because most of the models that can do it are Characters. Placing plasma shots can be extremely useful.