I noticed this bug, that after leaving Heart of the Mists, the equipped second weapon/offhand are carried over to PvE areas.
The offhand pistol is disabled, but I can normally swap weapons from sword to dagger on a level 2 character.
You can see that in the screenshots attached.
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