Rifle Firearms and Rapid Shot

[wolflord]

For a gunslinger it takes a full round action to reload a two handed musket. If I have the rapid reload feat it drops it down to a Standard action. If I then use an alchemical cartridge it drop sit down to a move action.

Assuming I start with an empty gun and have no other special abilities or anything (multiclassed into lvl 1 gunslinger), but I do have the Rapid Shot feat already, can I use Rapid Shot to make two shots per round?

I'm thinking not since the reload still takes a move action to load the gun, but I am not sure. Can anyone clarify or explain further? Is there anything else I can do to make the reloading faster?

[Winston Colt]

Id say no. Reloading takes the move action only leaving you a standard action not the full round youd need to use Rapid Shot.

The only way Ive seen so far of firing at your full base attack bonus (reloading as a free action) is to take the Musket Master archtype.

At 3rd level you get Fast Musket.

Fast Musket (Ex): At 3rd level, as long as the musket
master has 1 grit point, she can reload any two-handed
firearm as if it were a one-handed firearm. This deed
replaces the utility shot deed.

So reloading a musket is a standard action, Rapid Reload makes it a move action and alchamenial ammo makes it a free action.

[Skerek]

I believe you need to be able to reload as a free action before you benefit from Rapid Shot as Rapid Shot does not mention anything about changing or ignoring reloading.