Desiree and I personally offer our moral-support to our troops abroad
(including many of our customers who are doing their duty in the
military). We hope that their tour is short and successful and that
they return safely.

We have just added the very last of the Russian-captured 98k's in our
inventory to our web-pages at http://www.empirearms.com/Nazi-98k.htm
(I know, the previous link that we supplied for that page did not
work, but this one will). EMPIRE ARMS will not have any more of
these available for several months at least, if even then, so this is
your warning.

I will be away on a buying-trip from Thursday, March 27th until at
least Tuesday, April 8th. EMPIRE ARMS will therefore be CLOSED
during that period and our web-pages will likely be taken off the web
during that time as well.

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Yeoww! TEN YEARS!

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This month marks the TENTH (10th)ANNIVERSARY of the formation of
EMPIRE ARMS. Desiree and I from the very beginning aimed our
business-plan towards doing business on the internet, but in those
days there was not much web-traffic. In no time at all, however, we
became a major force in this venue and suddenly the business Empire
Arms was doing began to outstrip that of our parent-company EMPIRE
COINS, INC. (well known specialists for 22 years in ancient Greek and
Roman Coins, http://www.empirecoins.com ). We valiantly attempted to
run both companies at the same time for several years but by early
1999 the writing was on the wall that we could do either ONE or the
OTHER justice, so it was decided that we shut-down EMPIRE COINS in
order to concentrate our efforts on EMPIRE ARMS totally and we really
haven't looked back since!

Apparently our business-plan was sound, as we currently have MUCH
more business than we can reasonably handle and have only our
faithful customers (you) to thank for it.

We do PLEDGE to stay on the "cutting edge" of milsurp availability.
As you well know we NEVER buy anything "blind" but I still PERSONALLY
hand-pick every single firearm we offer for sale. With the ongoing
military conflict with Iraq the availability of recently-imported
firearms in the marketplace will likely be in jeopardy, but we will
continue to offer complete collections and one-off purchases for you
to peruse on a regular basis at (what we hope to be) competitive
prices.

We also want to remind you that we ARE the "HIGHER-BUYERS" when it
comes to quality milsurp arms, and that we will most certainly be
fair when evaluating your material (especially those items originally
bought from us). We realize that selling milsurps isn't anything
that anyone WANTS to do, but sometimes it becomes financially (or
maritially) necessary.

Have a nice spring (especially you guys in Colorado who got over TWO
FEET of snow today) and we will be back in touch as soon as I get
back from my upcoming trip and get all our new purchases logged-in.

For those of you lucky enough to be able to go to the TULSA gun-show
April 5-6, Dennis and BIG MIKE will no-doubt see you at the greatest
show on Earth!

Dennis & Desiree Kroh, owners
EMPIRE ARMS
e-mail: kroh@...
95 Seminole Ave, Ormond Beach FL 32176
(386) 677-7314 FAX only (386) 677-7324
web-site: http://www.empirearms.com