Has anyone else noticed that after a settlement attack (potentially during) settlers had reverted back to the guns they first arrived with?

I've equipped several settlers with better guns and selected that gun as the one they use. But straight after a settlement attack, I noticed many of them had the same guns equipped they first arrived with. I guess I'll have to permanently take those guns out of their inventories.

If you're going to the trouble of arming your settlers with better guns to protect your settlement, it's a little bit annoying if they're reverting to the pea-shooters they first arrived with.

Could it be Ammo? Do they need it if you switch their default gun? I've wanted to try but haven't.

It's not ammo related. I had a follower with a simple shotgun, gave them a spruced up combat shotgun, but they keep reverting back to the simple shotgun. It's frustrating, but they prefer whatever they were programmed with. No matter how crummy it is.

If I try and give settlers or companions a weapon do I need to give them ammo?

Yeah take away their useless weapons, companions use ammo, and settlers don't seem to do so.

WHat happens if I take away their original weapons, massively upgrade them thru crafting, then return it to them? They still use it or would they find new originals?

When I go into the "trade" menu with a companion, there equipped gear isn't available to me. How do I remove their crummy stuff?

If you equip em with another weapon that should drop what they are holding in their invenotry(for settlers since they dont need ammo), about companions not using spacified weapon its always because of ammo(they have unlimited ammo just for their non removable basic weapon, so even if you give them weapon that uses same ammo it doesnt work, only way for them to keep the wepon you give them equiped is if you give em ammo to go with it as well)