I feel like unless I hold y for the perfect amount of time I’ll just pick the weapon up and drop it immediately, at which point it starts to fall through the map. This usually repeats for about 5 tries until I either equip the weapon or die.
Works a little better if you switch to sidearm first
Try holding Y then while you have it in you hands switch to your sidearm.
Depending on how badly you want it you can also just keep on holding Y and it will stay in your hands…For instance the rocket launcher at D on silk road is a single shot so when tanks move in it’s not usually too much trouble to keep holding Y until you get the shot off…
But the short answer to your question is yes and it’s annoying.
Switching weapons drops it..
Hold Y so you can maintain the gun while holding gun aim down the sights. Let go of Y then press Y to switch to your secondary weapon. Then switch back to the primary gun it should let you hold the gun without dropping it.
Its fucking ridiculous, why don’t they fix it???
I find holding y and hitting melee (B on xbone) as soon as you see your gun dip down on the screen to be quite reliable.
I’d say works 75% of the time.