Announcement It's Northwest Firearms' 13th Birthday! Big thank you to all of our members

[Joe Link]

It's hard to believe that it was this day thirteen years ago which I decided to roll the dice on starting a local community for gun owners. You wouldn't believe how many people told me it'd never work, and I almost let them talk me out of it. For better and worse, my life has been completely different due to this one decision. Some people never find their passion in life and work on something they believe truly matters. I feel like mine came early, and for that I'm grateful.

A huge thank you to our members for making this place what it is! We wouldn't be here without you guys.
Here's to 13 more!

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[2Wheels4Ever]

A big thanks for creating this site. It's really one of a kind

 

[LDmax]

 

[Kruel J]

Here's to 13 more years of quality posts and discussions.

Cheers, Joe

 

[Rem700..300]

Great site. Time flies when you having fun. Congrats

 

[sobo]

I don't know what I'd do if it weren't for this site. Prolly get a lot more done around the house...

Thanks, Joe, for making this site and all you do!

 

[StacattoP]

Happy bday nwfa

 

[thorborg]

It has added a little cordite to my life.
Thanks

 

[Jcon268]

The only online community I keep engaged with. Thank you NWFA.

 

[sobo]

The only online community I keep engaged with. Thank you NWFA.

Same here, now that you mention it!

 

[Trez]

This site is a daily tab in my browser....
Nicely done!

 

[Weebs]

My wife can't know how much money these 13 years have cost me…

 

[Ura-Ki]

Happy Birthday!

 

[OldBroad44]

Happy 13th birthday, Joe.
Carol

 

[nammac]

Wow, 13 years…. And it's still growing, that's awesome. Only forum I'm involved with on-line. It's a great community of gun owners and firearms enthusiasts. A great family, brothers and sisters in arms. Thank you @Joe Link for creating and maintaining this awesome community.

And I agree, the wife can't know how much this site has caused me to spend over the 5-6 years I've been here.

 

[Gunner3456]

Congratulations Joe. Thanks for all you do!

 

[OldBroad44]

I'm amazed at how many others besides myself apparently have this as the only forum they participate in.

 

[gmerkt]

13 years, huh? I wouldn't have had any idea when it got off the ground. I wasn't a member when it started. The gun board that I used to participate in fairly regularly just kind of withered away. It started with a basis that revolved around a certain firearm, then expanded some but never had the relative universality of NWFA. It's really dead and buried deep now; last time I looked, there hadn't been a single post there for several years. The members all drifted away as I did. They're even gone from my desktop now. So I decided to look for a new home for this interest.

I can't recall how long I've been a member here, several years, I'd guess. Nor do I recall how I found my way here, but by accident because I don't remember anyone recommending it to me.

This is the only forum I participate in now. I have memberships in a few others but go to them very rarely. I'm still a member at the CMP forum, don't visit there often now and it's extremely rare for me to post. I think I just tired of all the piddly-bubblegum, tiny detail in some of the discussions. I just couldn't muster all that much focus on every little drawing number, force-matching parts in guns to enhance (bogus) originality, etc. It's a great forum, I decided to spend any gun social media time on less specialization and more on general discussion.

To some extent, NWFA has replaced my active Wash. Arms Collectors membership. That whole experience took a different turn. Anyway, it's lots easier to visit NWFA than to drive down to Puke-it-all-up.

 

[P7M13]

Congrats Joe, it took a lot of stones.
Like a marriage, it has its ups and downs.
Here's to the next 13 being a heckuva lot more fun than the last three.

 

[Ringo]

YOU THE MAN !!!
THANK YOU FOR THE ONLY FUN PART OF LIFE !!!
SEMPER FI