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Jeff, no Sir. My daughters shoot similar size and weight AR's with nary an issue. Cheers and stay safe!

Not at all! Most AR 15 with 16 inches heavy barrel hover around 7 - 8lbs....relatively LIGHT. I consider myself a light dude (140lb) and I found them to be super light....I carry them to hunt all the time. I hope this helps!

Jeff your good to go, the only way I'd say you should get a lighter weight rifle would be if you are using this as an actual duty/patrol rifle, if you work for border patrol, law enforcement l, or the military and you'll be carrying this all day, it would benefit you to get a lighter rifle, but for plinking, hunting etc, your good. Just get you a good sling (blue force vickers tactical, Magpul, or Viking tactical, etc....) and you'll not even know your carrying it. 160 is not a bad weight to be at for 5'3", I'm 6'2" and hover around 210, I have almost a foot on ya and only have 50 pounds, if I was 160 I id be undersized or if you were 210 you'd be a bit on the heavy side, but at 5'3" sounds about where you should be, if you feel you should be stronger hit the gym. We all could be in a little better shape, and even when carrying fitness can be a huge factor in self defense.

The rifle is still considered lighter, most ar platforms generally come in at about 6lbs and can push 10lbs