I want to be able to copy an object… fully rigged, shape keys and everything.
but have it attach to the first armament, so i wont have to deal with 2 armaments. can anyone help.
You cannot do this easily as far as I know - other than re-parent the new object to the existing armature - I take it you mean “Armature”, not “armament”. Why do you want two objects on one armature anyway? There is no context here for your question, so nobody can really help you.
We need to see images, or blend files, we cannot see your desktop from where we live!
Oh yes, Welcome to BA and please don’t double post, you are on moderation for the first ten posts and have to wait for a Mod to approve your posts before they appear.
Cheers, Clock.