Except that you can't take a 5' step as part of a AoO nor does a person provoke AoO twice from the same action, in this case moving.
That's without taking into account that you can't do free actions outside your turn. (except for speaking)
So no. The OP combination of actions do not work.
You could get 3 levels in Phalanx fighter archetype and carry that two handed reach weapon in one hand instead.
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Assuming that you are trying to do all that on YOUR turn (avianfoo is right that you can't do it on your AOO but I don't think you intend to) then it all looks fine to me. Quite entertaining and a fairly different build. I'd expect some GM vzriation, however.
But it isn't really all that powerful. You've spent 3 feats on all this and the end result is to get an extra attack of opportunity and some interesting repositioning. It should be effective but its not exactly game breaking. There are lots of things out there at least as effective.
Since it's not made clear in your example, I will say that you can't do any of those things with an AoO, but you can do all of those things on your turn.
So, provided you have the room to maneuver, thats a good way to get a full-attack and an AoO while limiting your opponent to a single attack
Ah, given that it's happening on your turn I think it's technically legal but definitely subject to GM discretion on the re-grips. I believe SKR said that one de-grip and one re-grip was a reasonable limitation and you're using two of each.
I only count one of each. Or are you counting drawing a shield as a 'grip' rather than a 'don'?
Stows quickdraw shield (Free action)
As a free action you could drop a shield but I don't see anything under Quickdraw or Combat: Free Actions that allow stowing something as a free action.
Ahh I see now. Sorry, I was thinking of the Quickdraw feat not a magic item. Thanks blackbloodtroll!
Four free actions is a lot to get past a GM I think, so I don't imagine this will see the light of day in my game.
I thought of it because I'm considering playing a two-handed weapon using Ranger, but the two-handed combat style feats are uninspiring. Shield Slam is a pretty decent feat to get at second level, so I was trying to make it work in some way.
Switch hitting with archery style is attractive on paper but many years of D&D have taught me that dropping your expensive magical composite bow on the ground in the middle of a fight is a very bad idea, and putting it away is a move action that provokes AoO.
Are your rapid shot archers limited to less than 4 free actions? It seems like people never complain about someone taking 4-6 free actions until its considered too much. But archers routinely take 5 around and a TWF knife thrower could be taking up to 8 a round.
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Durinor: The initial AoO granted when the enemy moves out of a threatened square would taken before he gets his attack. In other words the AoO is made with the reach weapon (use Power Attack for better results - I believe it's been clarified you can declare it on an AoO).
Presuming your enemy survives the AoO the rest Of the sequence could happen as you outlined. All should be good rules wise.
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@kayerloth: he's referring to the free actions required to load & reload your bow when making all of those shots. As for the thrower build he's presumably combining rapid shot & TWF for all the extra attacks/round and the necessary free actions needed to continually draw weapons which you then throw. That's what I inferred anyhow, I could be way off.