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     raise the heavy rifle in my hands... an exact replica of an M16

An M16 is far from being a "heavy rifle." What other bits of this "reality" are unrealistic?

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I think the author was trying to convey that it was an actual rifle in his/her hands, and not a plastic toy/digital.

My bad for conflating the meaning of reality in reference to the use of VR with the reality of my own experience.

I think the point is more that "heavy" is relative. It feels heavy in his hands, not that it's heavy compared to a bunch of stuff that he doesn't know about.

I count it as being ridiculously heavy compared to what it could and ought to be.

Sure, it's not a 9.5 pound WWII era M1 "Get Off My Lawn" Garand, or the 12.5 pounds almost a machine rifle the Swiss adopted in the last '50s, but it could sure go on a diet, especially with all the stuff people want and need to hand off of it, like quality optics. For less than a pound more I could get a FN SCAR in 7.62 NATO, and its got a much fancier standard stock and plenty of accessory rails; not counting sling attachment points, it's pretty close to being a semi-auto Scout Rifle.

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