Grappling and Doing Weapons Damage with an AutoFire Pistol (Magrail Pistol)

[Yenaldlooshi]

If I successfully grapple a character and I am armed with a Magrail Pistol, and I wish to "Inflict damage using a pistol or small bladesized weapon"(Core78), can my damage be at the autofire setting and thus I would get 3D+3 damage done 4 times due to the Auto 4 trait of the weapon (CSC143)?

Is there anything in the rules that negates that idea or supports it? If neither, does the forum think that should be allowed or not allowed and if so, why?

 

[MonsterX]

Some autofire weapons have a really high ROF: for pistols it is really the magazine size that's the constraint. Auto 4 suggests that basically if you touch the trigger, all the bullets shoot out. It's not out of the question you could empty an entire magazine in less than a second. With 20 in the magazine, you'd probably have to hold it steady on target for only a fraction of a second. The challenge would be to NOT use up your full mag in case you need to shoot somebody else later.

If you did that to someone you're grappling with - the outcome would be very negative for that person.