Well, "it's about time" some of you are saying (or is that just the
voices in my head?)

A few new items of note:

We got some more new-condition Finn Model 39 green-leather slings
back in stock, and also have some Swiss K-31 muzzle-caps to offer as
well as some SWISS Schmidt-Rubin ammo chargers (aka "stripper-
clips"). See our "accessories" page at
http://www.empirearms.com/access.htm

On the ammo front we now have more stores of 8x56R Steyr and 7.5
Swiss ammo as well as some of the excellent Hungarian 7.62x54R and a
small quantity of original Italian 7.35 Carcano on en-bloc clips.

As for todays "New Stuff" list we offer approximately half of the
items we acquired on our recent trip here, with another "New Stuff"
list to follow in less than a week (if we offered all at once we
would be overwhelmed with orders and delays in shipping would
inevitably result. . . something all of us would rather avoid).

HERE is the address of today's "New Stuff" page:

http://www.empirearms.com/041503.htm

Good luck, and GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!

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


P.S.

Here's a little poem for you. . . (author unknown)

Eleven thousand soldiers lay beneath the dirt and stone,
all buried on a distant land so far away from home.

For just a strip of dismal beach they paid a hero's price,
to save a foreign nation they all made the sacrifice.

And now the shores of Normandy are lined with blocks of white
Americans who didn't turn from someone else's plight.

Eleven thousand reasons for the French to take our side,
but in the moment of our need, they chose to run and hide.

Chirac said every war means loss, perhaps for France that's true,
for they've lost every battle since the days of Waterloo.

Without a soldier worth a damn to be found in the region,
the French became the only land to need a Foreign Legion.

You French all say we're arrogant. Well hell, we've earned the right-
We saved your sorry nation when you lacked the guts to fight.

But now you've made a big mistake, and one that you'll regret;
you took sides with our enemies, and that we won't forget.

It wasn't just our citizens you spit on when you turned,
but every one of ours who fell the day the towers burned.

You spit upon our soldiers, on our pilots and Marines,
and now you'll get a little sense of just what payback means.

So keep your Paris fashions and your wine and your champagne,
and find some other market that will buy your aeroplanes.

And try to find somebody else to wear your French cologne,
for you're about to find out what it means to stand alone.

You see, you need us far more than we ever needed you.
America has better friends who know how to be true.

I'd rather stand with warriors who have the will and might,
than huddle in the dark with those whose only flag is white.

I'll take the Brits, the Aussies, the Israelis and the rest,
for when it comes to valor we have seen that they're the best.

We'll count on one another as we face a moment dire,
while you sit on the sideline with a sign "friendship for hire."

We'll win this war without you and we'll total up the cost,
and take it from your foreign aid, and then you'll feel the loss.

And when your nation starts to fall, well Frenchie, you can spare us,
just call the Germans for a hand, they know the way to Paris.