Change the recipe to be 10 ammo + 4 copper + 4 gears to get a Loaded Portable Turret.
When the ammo runs out and/or the player mines it, he gets an Unloaded Portable Turret, which can be combined with 10 ammo to get a Loaded Portable Turret.
Maybe add piercing ammo and uranium ammo versions, but I think that is pretty useless.
Other than that, great mod!
I think it shouldn't be changed in that way, it's the same turret but easier deployable for the cost of less damage. It's new entity but only when you need it at that moment.