You can fire unlimited shots of gems, firecrackers or reps all you have to do is leave your seat and rejoin

This is probably related to the trident turret bug where you can leave/reseat the swarm turret for rapid firing

Perhaps instead of just squashing this put a 5-10 second delay into reseating the ammo turret and this could be considered from an RP standpoint as the crew member reloading the port?

+1 for the reload delay timer idea which has been suggested before too.

+100000

Hmm auto-reloading turrets doesnt make as much sense on a Behemoth or Atlas as it does on a Trident Type M though...