[FruityGum]

The ability to get Sourcemod to function is something beyond my abilities, despite the tutorials and multiple hours-long forays I have attempted, so I am unable to utilize plugins. I also have no idea how to create such a command to start and stop in tandem with the reload. I've familiarity with console commands, and I know how to use host timescale in L4D2, at least.

Late yesterday through coincidence I played a few games of survival with a 2500+ hour player, who certainly had that level of skill and knowledge from what I observed. At once point he mentioned the rifle_desert "had a long reload" (that's me paraphrasing), in context this was comparing it to another assault rifle (rifle_ak47).

The rifle_desert having a long reload time is probably the most consistent account of a weapon's reload I've heard, perhaps it's widespread misinformation or a placebo, but it just makes me all the more curious to find the facts.