This is a preliminary review, after reading the rules, but before playing.

I have to say I love all the lore in the books, it really fleshes out the world of Firelock. The mechanics seem solid, but I will say more on this after I've gotten a match or two under my belt. 

One thing that confused me was that Squads suffer no ill effects when "depleted" (a nice, technical word for "a good chunk of them died, or are heavily wounded".) They get 3 pins from being hit, but other than that, they suffer no loss in firepower or quality (I would expect both, honestly.) Another thing was that, perhaps due to States-Army being conceived first, their SMGs have the exact same range as their battle rifles. These are minor nitpicks.

In short, I'm loving it so far, and looking forward to setting up a game.