If any of you have been trying to phone us over the past four days you have
discovered that our phones are not working. Same story for our FAX machine.

NONE of the telephones within a five-mile radius of our office are functioning
due to the amazing *TWO FEET* of rain that has come down over the last few days,
which has caused massive flooding and knocked out the telephone grid for this
entire area.

It had not rained in over five months and we were in a serious DROUGHT
condition, and now the water simply has nowhere to go. Nobody knows how long it
will be before our telephone service is restored . . . thankfully we prefer
emailed orders and our internet is working fine so it should not affect us much
(if at all).

Denver was an exceptional show. . . mostly cowboy guns but there were some nice
milsurp items in there as well. I picked up quite a few items from several
customers (thank you Greg, Tom and Joe) and also got a bit of food-poisoning
Saturday night (which did not make being at the show on Sunday any fun at all).
This is certainly a show worth returning to!

I am currently working on several "New Stuff" lists that features lesser
expensive rifles (including many that are in lesser quality than we normally
offer). These are mostly items that have been accumulating and they are taking
up much needed space, so it's time for them to go.

We also have nearly a hundred various bayonets which have accumulated over the
past five years that we will be offering as well. These are items we have
acquired separately. If a bayonet accompanies a rifle we purchase, we always
include the bayonet when we sell the rifle, as I do not believe in "robbing
parts" or accessories from the guns we buy (as everyone who has ever sold us
anything already knows).

Note that we are ACTIVELY BUYING higher-quality milsurp firearms. We do not
make offers or provide valuations for items that I have not personally seen, but
if you originally purchased the item(s) from EMPIRE ARMS (and have not
refinished it or altered it in any way) we will pay a MINIMUM of 80% (eighty
percent) of what you paid, and sometimes, depending on the item, several
multiples of what you paid. NOBODY ELSE offers anything like this service!
Simply ship us the item(s) and after examining them we will make an offer. *IF*
ou offer is *NOT* accepted we will immediately ship the item(s) back to you at
our expense.

Well, that is what is going on around here. . . lots of streets blocked-off due
to flooding and even periodic closures of many major highways and Interstates. I
haven't begun building an ark yet, but am keeping that option open.

Dennis & Desiree Kroh, owners
EMPIRE ARMS
email us at kroh@...