This might be a strange question (sorry), but i’ve always wondered why I never see depictions of people using crossbows like one-shot pistols in small-scale conflicts, firing them to thin the ranks/take out an enemy before discarding them for melee combat, or just to hold people up ala Anguy with Arya, Gendry, and Hot Pie. Is this not viable?

Why only fire the crossbow once? We’ve seen plenty of crossbows in use. 

But if you mean why not off-hand a crossbow – one-handed crossbows are not that good in terms of range or velocity.  

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