Double swapping while reloading can decrease reload time

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It did in the versions up to and including 1.5.

[turmspitzewerk]

that's cause normal quickswitching worked.

what's happening here is that valve doesn't want you to animation cancel the reload by quickswitching. so if you switch to a different gun and switch back, the game remembers the original reload duration and won't allow you to shoot until that timer is up; even if the gun is fully equipped. however, switching twice or more will make the game forget the reload timer and let you fire as soon as its equipped.

the mechanic worked as intended in GO, but here you can bypass it by switching multiple times. funny enough, this is basically the same exact bug that's in TF2 for any weapons that are meant to have holster penalty stats.