You could do a similar thing with miles gear (military laser tag). Basically if you short out two pins in the laser it turns into a fully automatic weapon instead of semi auto. Good times were had in NTC with this knowledge.
This was intended mechanic that Metal Gear Solid speedrunners are familiar with. In the MGS games, if you tap the button to de-equip and equip a gun, it automatically reloads it without having to sit through the animation.
The VR training games teach you to do this (and I think a couple missions require it) so it was an intended mechanic.
Similar thing happened the first time I played paintball. If I held the gun at a certain angle it would fire blanks. I won a game of capture the flag before people caught on.