I know that one of the main reasons that Ron closed the business was because of all of the building that's was taking place all around him and creating a safety problem for him. Also, I know he had too much money tied up in inventory creating a cash flow problem. Ron refused to get involved in mail order sales. I told him to start advertising in all of the muzzleloading magazines but he didn't want to for some strange reason. He also told me that BATF was pretty heavily on his butt about his powder magazine saying that it didn't meet the standard that was required. When they were going out of business, I was there looking for some bargains and one of his employees told me that Ron had developed a drinking problem and that was having a bad effect on his business. In the end, Ron just decided to pull the plug. You are right, that was a black day. I bought a lot of stuff from him and put a lot of lead down his range. When it was up and running, there was no muzzleloading emporium equal to it anywhere in Houston.....or all of Texas, for that matter.