repeating crossbow plus a melee weapon

[DougSeay]

What are the rules for a character having a repeating crossbow in the primary hand and a light weapon in the off hand? Would that character threaten? Could the off hand weapon be used for AoO? How about using both in the same round of a full attack? Just use the regular two weapon fighting rules and gloss over the fact that the primary weapon happens to be ranged?

[Andrew R]

I think you need both hand to use the crossbow, well to cock it at least

[Seranov]

Yeah, you need both hands to reload the crossbow, and I think both the light and heavy versions take a -4 penalty to fire it one-handed.

If you had a spiked gauntlet, cestus, or armor spikes, you could probably pull it off, though