Beyond the flesh + "ranged weapon" ?

[fateriddle]

Reading the in-game description of Beyond the flesh, I newly noticed in quote: " ... while a ranged weapon willl fire at your target whenever you perform a ranged attack ..."
Not sure if this part exists all along( No acording to wiki), but I was always assuming a TK weapon is melee-only, and grabbing a ranged weapon won't make sense for mindslayer anyway. Nevertheless I put it to test, and the result is interesting: you can't TK wear ranged weapon (arrow or shot), but you can TK grab a bow or a sling (which does nothing at all).
So I'm honestly curious right now, what kind of "ranged weapon" is it talking about?

[HousePet]

I think it is talking about a feature of the class that didn't work.

[Radon26]

pretty sure the wiki is MASSIVELY outdated, but yes, it can hold pretty much anything, that qualify as a weapon, as far as i know.

bow
sling
daggers
mindstars
maces
staves
axes
swords
...
and gems obviously

[Teyar]

When wielding a ranged weapon, and you have a similar one in the TK slot, you fire both at once.

It uses two ammo, of course, but is otherwise as insanely awesome as it sounds.

[Radon26]

so, you effectively gain double attack speed?
what about using other talents?

[64legos]

Fun Fact: Before Mindslayers were reworked, there was an unused "Psionic Archery" tree.

[jenx]

When wielding a ranged weapon, and you have a similar one in the TK slot, you fire both at once.

It uses two ammo, of course, but is otherwise as insanely awesome as it sounds.

In 1.4.3?

[0player]

Indeed is. Somewhere around even is the thread that claims that using Steady Shot applies damage mod to the TK weapon, too.

[Zicher]

It indeed does, and other archery talents work as well with a TK weapon. I just rolled a skeleton adventurer to use this advantage, and as soon as I found a second bow, my double Steady Shot could easily score some 170+ damage right in the starting dungeon.
The offensive possibilities are endless - how about a double Scatter shot, used with Surefire (range 9) and some other bow (range 6), which could double the area affected? I yet have to test it, but if this works, it would be OP as hell.