A few question on handgun attack speed

Hello, I just have a few questions on handgun's attack speed:
1. does attack speed affect the reload time?
2. does it speed up the Magnus and Tundra series' recoil/shot animation?
3. does it speed up the Auto gun series shooting animation?
4. what is an ideal weapon for fiends and beast since they have a lot of monsters that dodge around
Thank you

1. Yes, but it still benefits switch-shooting more.
2. Yes.
3. Yes, but charge time reduction is a lot more important for DPS. Attack speed is still very nice for safety.
4. Dark Briar Barrage.

Attack speed has an effect on the firing speed and the reload on guns. It takes a year to recover from autogun charges w/o asi.
So 1-3: yes.
4: Dark briar barrage. You'll need ctr for this, but it is the best wep to clear out larger number of them. (also good vs undead/grem).
This is an assumption but...
One. No.
Two. Yes.
Three. Maybe.