The bonus on Cal Assault is not appreciated by many but adds to the Hit n' Run style of a shield tanked suit
the recent changes to Charge time and Kick were put in to balance the Rail Rifle, and worked well.
To remove the reload bonus, and add a bonus to undo the balancing changes (kick/charge) is not a good idea imo

Min/Amarr bonuses help you engage for longer, where the Cal bonus encourages you to use cover suppress enemies
and always have the next magazine ready, so while it doesn't directly increase your engagement window, it does reduce
the delay in taking cover, regening some shield and reloading so your back in the fight faster...

So I think the bonus should be left alone, and balance come form tweaking other areas, such as

- Complex Shield Extenders giving about 75hp
- Fitting buff (PG)
- Lower shield recharge delays
- ScR alpha dmg (the charge dmg multiplier, along with dmg shield bonus near insta kills even a Ck.0 Assault)
- 4th low slot (as with Callogi) but this leaves 9 modules so unbalances Assaults
(reason for 9th slot being, a shield user takes a lot of cost via rechargers/regulators/extenders, so needs a CPU/PG mod)

I would like to know what opinions there are on this?
should we bring back the OP RR just to give Cal Assaults a role?
Or balance it so a shield tanked Ck.0 is not a suicide mission from the start..