diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Behaviors/ChargedWeapon.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Behaviors/ChargedWeapon.cs
index 4d2bb5647..c3229622c 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Behaviors/ChargedWeapon.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Behaviors/ChargedWeapon.cs
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ public class ChargedWeapon : InstantWeapon
             if (_data.FailureCharge > 1 && _charge > _data.FailureCharge)
             {
                 _charging = false;
-                _cooldown = 1;
-                _coolingDown = true;
+                StartCountdown();
                 _charge = 0;
                 OnFailed?.Invoke();
                 CauseDamage(_data.FailureDamage);
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Behaviors/InstantWeapon.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Behaviors/InstantWeapon.cs
index 84e6dd5c2..eaf739ce0 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Behaviors/InstantWeapon.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Behaviors/InstantWeapon.cs
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ public class InstantWeapon : Weapon, IProgressBehavior, IEventBehavior, IPowerCo
 
     private float CountdownSpan => _data.MagazineSize > 0 && _ammo == 0 ? _data.ReloadTime : Cooldown;
 
+    // A countdown that starts outside a round (a charge failing) carries the last one's overshoot like every restart.
+    protected void StartCountdown()
+    {
+        _cooldown = 1 - TakeOvershoot() / CountdownSpan;
+        _coolingDown = true;
+    }
+
     private float TakeOvershoot()
     {
         var overshoot = _overshoot;