I have a thumb button on my mouse witch activates my shotty.
It's simply done in the setup screen on SOF2.
As far as "FAST" shooters go, it's mostly so that the opponent hit his Shotty key long before you notice anything.
Then, it appears to you that you got shot with the shotty while they still are changing weapons.
Mostly happens when there is a slower connection, higher ping difference between you 2. Or the server is far away. Sometimes it's the server wich is not configured al too well.
I sometimes get shot while the opponent is reloading. Weird, but not unusual.
You can read up on it. There are manny articles on the net about it.
my 2 cents
have fun.
Are you saying that when the weapon is not drawn, there is no timeloss for showing the cocking ?
Therefore you shoot faster?
Sounds weird, but plausible. Personally i do not like playing without my weapon showing.