The rifle could just be a high enough caliber (or higher power ammo) that it has more kick despite its increase in mass. Might not be obvious in the art, but I'm more than willing to accept a handwave on magic cupid guns.
The love uzi on the other hand is clearly for drive-bys flybys. As for why a cupid would need to, maybe they took a job in another cupid's turf and want to get in and out quick. Which brings to mind the base reason for the cool armaments: They're not needed for shooting the entirely unaware mortals, but the result of an arms race between competing cupids. It seems fair to reason that more sophisticated and effective weaponry will cost more karma credits to buy, and if the goal of cupiding is at least for most to fill the gauge and go back to mortality, then the ideal would be to stick with a basic handgun to save credits and therefore time.
Unless the author intends to dump a twist on us like 'oh, and also cupids have to fend off other-dimensional invaders who feed on humanity's very capacity to love' the only reason the cupids have the fancy guns is for inter-cupid conflict over the open bounty system. Which is curious, for a system created by a goddess. One might even say it's inefficient. On the other hand, the collateral damage from cupids spraying bullets at one another does add an element of randomness to the process of love that would be absent if they all were as thoughtful and diligent as Koharu. It also would imply things were notably less random in the old bow-only days before love grenade launchers and LMGs though.
Still curious about the mechanics of the reincarnation, though I doubt it'll ever take center stage. Also curious why Kanna is so all-in on helping Koharu speedrun through cupiding. Like, being a mentor and giving her a squad to join at least starting out seems sensible, or even generous to help her learn the ropes. But going full on 'I'll buy all your ammo and when you're done I'll help you fall in love' feels like a step or five past just being nice to the rookie.
Edit: (in retrospect, Kanna does outright say that she'd be able to reunite with friends and family if she goes back, which isn't something she could do as an identical stranger. So it'd have to be full on retconning the timeline so the accident left her in a coma instead of dead, wouldn't it? I don't see another way to make sense without rolling back time and therefore undoing her work as a cupid. (oooh, there's a thought for the finale, Aki and her new GF go to visit coma-Koharu in the altered timeline, and that's when she wakes up.)
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