I no longer play Fallout 4. This should work on the Next-Generation update without issues. Thanks for all the support over the years.
I am not aware of any other mod that does this. No need to tell me about it, I uploaded this because I thought people would want it.
This does not change the reload animation, as that is beyond my expertise. It's still somewhat lore-friendly, just consider the laser converts the core into ammunition via cells.