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[Sombranox]

This is going to be a stupid question, but I'm still trying to learn SR4's gun rules.

"high-velocity weapons can fire two long bursts in a single Action Phase." p26 of Arsenal

"Firing a long burst imposes a –5 dice pool modifier if it is the first burst fired that Action Phase, –6 if it is the second (recoil compensation neutralizes this modifier)" p143 BBB

If using an ingram supermach 100 which has 3 pts internal recoil + cyberarm gyromount for another 3 pts which of the following is the correct recoil?

long burst 1: 5 pts - 6 comp = 0 recoil
long burst 2: 5 pts + 6 pts - 6 comp = -5 recoil

or

long burst 1: 5 pts - 6 comp = 0 recoil
long burst 2: 6 pts - 6 comp = 0 recoil

For some reason, I thought that second shot recoil was cumulative with all previous recoil (even if the first burst was compensated completely), but the quote on 143 seems to imply that there's just a flat -6 modifier on the second long burst, regardless of whether the first was compensated or not.

Anyways, if one of you gun fu masters out there could provide insight, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.