Rate of fire?

[Djeserit]

How do the different ranged weapon options + feats compare as to rate of fire?

My own experimentation suggests that quickdraw, rapidfire, and rapid reload increase your rate of fire by about +2 shots/30 sec.
High dex and a repeater actually make a big difference though. Using a repeater w/rapid reload seems to put out about 35% more shots than a bow with rapidfire or a thrown weapon with both rapidfire and quickdraw.
I haven't tested all the combinations with the same dex and str, so I need to do more research.

Is there a thread on this already?

[Mad_Bombardier]

There were wonderful threads on Rate of Fire, but they were all lost in the Great Purge of July '07.

Rapid Shot or Rapid Reload were each roughly a 10% increase in RoF. I can't remember offhand the rate for Repeaters vs. Bows. Remember that Ranged RoF increases with BAB, so expect to see it get faster as you level up.