All the guns with en block clips, including the m1 garand and carcanos, treat the en block clips like magazines: they always reload a full clip, without removing the current clip or ammunition. If you reload before emptying the current clip, it will go back in later with the same amount of bullets like a magazine.
The m1 garand does not automatically eject its en block when empty, only once you hit reload.
Already powerful as it is and for that reason i think they choose not to put an bayo on it to balance it somehow. That thing one shot kill things left and right, or at least the one i picked up did
It takes days to reload though, it would be nice to have a bayonet for such times.
I’d be happy if they just gave them their range back, I was excited to see a game that finally treated shotguns realistically before they were nerfed
yeah the reload asw is the trade off for sure 
same with russian BAs. They are more powerful in general but takes forever to mantle each shot compared to the Kar ^^
the 1895 is the lever rifle, not a shotgun
Still, shotguns in general aren’t don’t perform as they should.