hmm...scion you sound like me :-)
there are many more "names" of these rw-"weapons", i had them a lot long time ago, but packet loss is not allways the reason, but thats another thing i didnt explain that now the 1017.th time here.
i found a screeny

when new patch was available and we got that "lucky-bug" (which spawns thousands of shields, doubledamages...)
was the first time i got essr, then i was weapon-(switch-)bugged too.
the strange thing i remember there was no name at all, and my weapon moved from shockrifle-position to shieldgun-position, but it still fired ssr-beams...
...
ats
ps: maybe this topic should be moved to bug-forum?
Do not try kill THIS bug !!! ->

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