Ok i've see it now.. and it is easy to repro because the default behavior is STILL to drop weapons that have no ammo.

Start a new game (Rich Explorer) Equip the Charge Rifle Weapon. Don't touch the Ammo on the ground other than Allow it. Draft the pawn. Have them reload the weapon they have no ammo for in inventory but right next to them on the ground. They'll teleport the ammo and weapon to their inventory with the message Out of Ammo. Expected behavior is load the gun. Weapon needs to be dropped to re-equip it or right click to re-equip from inventory then re-load because the pawn does not auto reload with ammo they dont have. I dont know what else to say about that. Anyway if micro-managed (pick up the ammo) the weapon so it is auto reloaded, it will stay equipped, they will load ammo and use the weapons as expected.

As designed or bug?