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When fighting with a melee weapon and pistol, how would they be arranged in the hands?
Pistol in dominant hand, melee weapon in off-hand.
Pistol in off-hand, melee weapon in dominant hand.
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The gun in my left hand (as I think my clumsy non-dominant left hand would be able to cope with the simple point and click interface), sword in my right hand, as I actually have some strength and dexterity in my dominant hand

   
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morpheuschild wrote:
 Jimsolo wrote:
 greyknight12 wrote:
It's much easier to shoot with your non-dominant hand than swing a sword with it. Hence why Jaime Lannister (Game of Thrones) worries he'll be forever ineffective as a king's guard but you see spies in movies shoot with either hand all the time


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When you rush towards the target and want to chop it to ribbons, you really want to hold the melee weapon on the dominant hand, since the charging is just a prelude to the real deal.

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Depends on the soldier's purpose. An assault marine or honour guard? Sword probably goes in the dominant hand since swordsmanship>Marksmanship. For a guard sergeant or someone who doesn't want to have to use their sword it would probably go in their off hand so they can focus more on marksmanship. I personally prefer to model my guys with their sword in their dominant hand however.
   
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Hmm. I genuinely have no idea which handedness I am (see spoiler for why). I'm in the dominant hand gets the sword camp, but Buttons makes a good point here- it depends on culture and purpose.
Spoiler:
Left handed for writing, but play drums and bass guitar right handed and therefore have a physically stronger right arm. Neither dominates. If anyone can comprehensively tell me which handedness that makes me, that would be swell.

Veteran Sergeant wrote:If 40K has Future Rifles, and Future Tanks, and Future Artillery, and Future Airplanes and Future Grenades and Future Bombs, then contextually Future Swords seem somewhat questionable to use, since it means crossing Future Open Space to get Future Shot At.
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Coolyo294 wrote:Short answer: No.
Long answer: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
 
   
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Have you considered that you may be ambidextrous?

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Does that not imply an equality in the dextrousness of both hands?

And how does being ambidextrous fit with sword and gun- just pick a side? I guess which side the pistol ejects has some bearing on it all too.

Veteran Sergeant wrote:If 40K has Future Rifles, and Future Tanks, and Future Artillery, and Future Airplanes and Future Grenades and Future Bombs, then contextually Future Swords seem somewhat questionable to use, since it means crossing Future Open Space to get Future Shot At.
Polonius wrote:I categorically reject any statement that there is such a thing as too much boob.


Coolyo294 wrote:Short answer: No.
Long answer: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
 
   
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Sounds like you have it to me. And on that note, yeah, I guess it would just be pick and choose. Or use two pistols

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Neat. I'll go with that. And Alucard-style dual pistols is always the way to go

Veteran Sergeant wrote:If 40K has Future Rifles, and Future Tanks, and Future Artillery, and Future Airplanes and Future Grenades and Future Bombs, then contextually Future Swords seem somewhat questionable to use, since it means crossing Future Open Space to get Future Shot At.
Polonius wrote:I categorically reject any statement that there is such a thing as too much boob.


Coolyo294 wrote:Short answer: No.
Long answer: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
 
   
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Not necessarily ambidextrous.

My brother does certain things left-handed, however is right-handed.

Better example, Inigo Montoyo and the Dread Pirate Wesley.
Both are right-handed but fight just as well lefty.

Greebo had spent an irritating two minutes in that box. Technically, a cat locked in a box may be alive or it may be dead. You never know until you look. In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.
Orks always ride in single file to hide their strength and numbers.
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For what it's worth, wikipedia's "cavalry draw" entry says that the sword would have been used in the dominant hand and the pistol in the off-hand.

"The pistol was considered by the Army to be a secondary weapon, with the right hand used for the saber."

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office_waaagh wrote:
For what it's worth, wikipedia's "cavalry draw" entry says that the sword would have been used in the dominant hand and the pistol in the off-hand.

"The pistol was considered by the Army to be a secondary weapon, with the right hand used for the saber."


Hmm. Interesting fact.

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 4oursword wrote:
Does that not imply an equality in the dextrousness of both hands?

And how does being ambidextrous fit with sword and gun- just pick a side? I guess which side the pistol ejects has some bearing on it all too.
Some modern pistols let you switch which side it ejects from. Same with rifles, especially bullpups (some bullpups like the P90 solve this by launching spent rounds down). Some require taking them apart to switch where the ejection port is, and others you have to buy specific models for the ejection port to be on the correct side.

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 Melissia wrote:
 4oursword wrote:
Does that not imply an equality in the dextrousness of both hands?

And how does being ambidextrous fit with sword and gun- just pick a side? I guess which side the pistol ejects has some bearing on it all too.
Some modern pistols let you switch which side it ejects from. Same with rifles, especially bullpups (some bullpups like the P90 solve this by launching spent rounds down). Some require taking them apart to switch where the ejection port is, and others you have to buy specific models for the ejection port to be on the correct side.


For what it's worth, the bolter appears to be interchangeable to some degree. The old school 40k advert with the Crimson Fists fighting atop a mountain of their own dead clearly shows bolter rounds being ejected from the right on some and the left on others.

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