Forum Update

**STAFF** · 11-02-23, 15:29

Good Afternoon All,

We wanted to pass along some information on the future of the M4 Carbine forum. The forum came under new ownership/managment this year and the new ownership group is committed to keeping the spirit of the forum alive while updating the experience.

We are currently working on a massive forum overhaul which will move the forum to a new platform making M4 Carbine the most advanced forum in the industry. The current software the forum runs on will not be supported much longer and it is a needed change.

#1 Goal of this transition is ensure that all data is preserved. I was personal friends with Will Larson and many other members of the forum who have passed on. We want to ensure all users are able to still access historical posts from those users for all time while being able to access new more modern features.

This will include great new opportunites for Sponsors and members alike, we will be reaching out to sponsors and moderators in the near future to explain new features and options.

Rest assured the forum has a bright future and our goal is advanced the forum while retaining the spirit that makes it great.

Staff

**Disciple** · 11-02-23, 15:35

After the transition is completed will the name of the new ownership group be published?

**STAFF** · 11-02-23, 15:42

Our intention is to keep it under wraps because we want the forum to be open and not influenced by who owns it. We are here to make sure the forum succeeds as a community and not to promote our own interests. The ownership is long term members of the gun industry who have made it a point to be fair, even and not bias the forum in anyway.

Staff

**Diamondback** · 11-02-23, 16:18

As long as it's not those anti-gun Canucks or Brownells trying to pound our square peg into the round BARFCOM hole.

**STAFF** · 11-02-23, 18:11

Originally Posted by Diamondback

As long as it's not those anti-gun Canucks or Brownells trying to pound our square peg into the round BARFCOM hole.

Haha neither, not Canadian, not brownells, and definitely no pegging.

**bamashooter** · 11-04-23, 06:52

Originally Posted by STAFF

Our intention is to keep it under wraps because we want the forum to be open and not influenced by who owns it. We are here to make sure the forum succeeds as a community and not to promote our own interests. The ownership is long term members of the gun industry who have made it a point to be fair, even and not bias the forum in anyway.

Staff

Love the openness and reasoning for secrecy. Make sure the word "equity" is included it the mission statement. That will provide an additional layer of fairness and non-bias perception.

**Stickman** · 11-05-23, 12:14

Originally Posted by bamashooter

Love the openness and reasoning for secrecy. Make sure the word "equity" is included it the mission statement. That will provide an additional layer of fairness and non-bias perception.

One of the things most people aren't aware of is that certain other sites, especially a large one, not only charge massive amounts of money, but also have "highly suggested" large dollar product donations they ask to be made. Depending on how much money and product you give, depends on how much "flexibility" you get on the forum.

I've never seen that on this site. Not even once.

The reason I bring this up is there is "fairness" in print, and there is fairness in actuality. Two very different things.