Maksim

Some initial coverage. Continue there. =)

Stuff from my camera... not that much. @tony357 and myself shooting. There was seeming more muzzle rise on the 43X, but it did come back to target very quickly. The 48 stayed flatter.

Hello from warm but really windy Las Vegas. Industry/Media Day at the range just wrapped up and we are tired from the long day. Weather was certainly not cooperative but we sure got our required amounts of lead, recoil and gunpowder. I am sure @Krdshrk will have some really good videos and pictures up soon but from what I recall, here are my impressions. Glock 43x and 48 are quite nice. The grip is noticeably smaller. I am sure these guns will sell A TON. Interesting, even with my smaller hands, I think I would prefer the Glock 19 over the 48. The 48 seems to have more recoil than a 19 despite being only a bit smaller. My preference in the 2 is the 43x. The smaller slide made the gun noticeably quicker and I far prefer a faster cycling gun. Two tone is really cool. Only issue I had with them is that it failed to lock back on empty slide. I generally do ride the safety/slide release on 1911s and other guns but never had an issue with glocks before... but in this case, due to the smaller frame, my thumb apparently did ride that tiny slide release. Other guns... Walther Q5 SF Match and Regular... I did not know ANYTHING about this gun before shooting it. Overall, it is a fairly good gun. Has a good amount of heft to it. I do feel for most people, without the magwell, ie the Q5 SF will be too small a frame and thus a bit top heavy. The magwell version, i.e. the match, does make it better. When I found out the price though... I lost major interest. $1600 or so street price and a street price of $1,200 or so? GTFO.... I don't think it will be a serious gun and here is why. First, in that production type gun, I would rather buy a CZ Custom and get a far nicer and more well balanced gun. The Q5 SF trigger is okay, but for $1200 street, it will still need a trigger job and some other work. Secondly, for regular gun people, $1,200 is too much because at that price, it is still not a 1911 and you can get plenty of semi custom guns in that price range. The Mossberg.... quite honestly not impressed one bit. Yes, it has a really novel system to clean, and you can easily clean the firing pin, but again... eh.Trigger was blah, and when it priced higher than a Shield and on par with Glock... why bother? Shooting wise it felt like LCp/LC9. Colt... DID NOT have the King Cobra at Media day so no comments there. Plenty of really cool guns such as shooting a few suppressed 338 Lapua guns. Tons of full auto. Other interesting guns, really like the Ruger 1911 by Doug Koenig. Shot it at steel at 100 yards and hit 6 out of 8 at an IPSC sized steel target. The Ruger Precision Rifle in 300 Win Mag was also quite nice. Really good value for the money. Can't wait to try it or get it in 338 lapua. Their American rifle in 6.5 RPC was very interesting, looking forward to learning more about the caliber. Shot the Ruger 458 Socom AR15... not bad, especially suppressed but the recoil was stout, even with a suppressor. One in our group did have multiple issues with the rifle... sand blowing.

Not sure how it was for the Brunswick’s but I am assuming it would be because during the day the snow and sleet were melting.... and would undoubtedly turn to black ice. North of 78 has tons of ice... but in either case, it was damned if you do damned if you don’t.

Ended up with about 4” and tons of ice. Foetunately the snow blower made quick work or ice and snow, then finished up shoveling the sleet.

Buy a glock 19. =P

What site is that?

And likely 10 miles west towards Phillipsburgh it is snow. =) Although I think it just turned to rain here too. But... eh, I don't think it was the wrong call. Could have shifted either way and doomed if you do, doomed if you don't scenario.

Vented up through the roof, pulls air in from outside behind the fireplace. There was styrofoam plugged into the vent pulling in from outside. I suppose to prevent pests.

Thanks and you are quite right... but I am also not an idiot and posted quickly without ever looking into it until tonight, the only reason why being in case of power outage. Obviously I was not just going to plug in a tank and turn it on. Give me some credit. I would clean and inspect the system and if I was still not 100% confident I would bring someone out. I am quite conservative and would not willingly risk my family. I also know there are tons of scammers around who overcharge for simple things or things that were not even wrong.... i.e. previous owner hired a "reputable" company to pump a septic tank. They charged him $1,200 and pumped exactly zero gallons. How do I know? Because when the owner redid the landscaping, those "professionals" covered over the septic tank access lid. lol. The company, if anything, pumped from the secondary tank. This is the beauty of the community, I can get honest help here, and with it, can decide what is within my limits or not, and then not get ripped off if I do hire someone for it. But simply saying "you don't know anything, call a professional" isn't really helpful. I got a few boxes of clays from the last meetup... no need to. =)

Heh, completely snow covered, around 3" here.

Thanks for sharing.

aholes? Yep... unless you speak French. Whenever I go to Canada, far prefer Quebec and Montreal to Toronto. Not sure where you are in NH, but we have friends in Dover and Manchester, and visit quite often but when you go further north it is just dreary... Going up to the white mountains and Loon is a whole different world.

Got it up, Heat n Home/Heatilator 4236IL, propane model. 24,000 btu max. Will deal with after shot show.