On the topic of fixing base game weapon issues, mods which make the. Trench gun - it’s a lever action shotgun, but shares its reload with the Far Harbor lever action, so to have the partial reload, you would have to have a mod which fixed that oddity. It’s named for the NV service rifle, which can be configured as a build option. It’s an extremely modular platform and can be used to create American and AK style assault rifles, LMGs, DMRs.
It’s one of the few in my load order which has a sense of realism (and that I can remember by name).