diff --git a/code/modules/projectiles/gun_system.dm b/code/modules/projectiles/gun_system.dm
index e115b4717e0..29f309cfbb3 100644
--- a/code/modules/projectiles/gun_system.dm
+++ b/code/modules/projectiles/gun_system.dm
@@ -700,8 +700,14 @@
 	if(modifiers["right"])
 		modifiers -= "right"
 		params = list2params(modifiers)
-		active_attachable?.start_fire(source, object, location, control, params, bypass_checks)
-		return
+		if(gun_user.get_active_held_item() == src)
+			active_attachable?.start_fire(source, object, location, control, params, bypass_checks)
+			return
+		if(gun_user.get_inactive_held_item() != src)
+			return
+		if(gun_user.Adjacent(object))
+			return
+		bypass_checks = TRUE
 	if(gun_on_cooldown(gun_user))
 		return
 	if(!bypass_checks)
diff --git a/code/modules/projectiles/mounted.dm b/code/modules/projectiles/mounted.dm
index 501cbde1121..95d1ae520f6 100644
--- a/code/modules/projectiles/mounted.dm
+++ b/code/modules/projectiles/mounted.dm
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
 	setDir(angle)
 	user.set_interaction(src)
 	playsound(loc, 'sound/items/ratchet.ogg', 25, 1)
-	operator.visible_message("[operator] rotates the [src].","You rotate the [src].")
+	operator.visible_message("[operator] rotates the [src].","You rotate [src].")
 	update_pixels(user, TRUE)
 
 	if(current_scope?.deployed_scope_rezoom)