B.GOFORTH- - The Firearms Forum

old semperfi · 10-19-2010, 08:14 PM

how much is............i really dont have a question,i just think you deserve kudos for all the help and info you have given this forum,i know you have gone above and beyond and i just want to thank you for all your help.i am doing this having so far not needed your help,but for all the help you have given others. old semperfi

Jim K · 10-19-2010, 08:17 PM

Permit me to put a big Second to that statement! Bill is the real expert on those IJ and H&R guns and other guns of the era. I just hope those he has helped appreciate his work and expertise.

Jim

Jim Hauff · 10-19-2010, 08:46 PM

I'd like to third this proclaimation. On a personal note: without Bill's research, I would have nothing but a big pile of H&R's and not really know much of what I had. I've known Bill for about 12 years now, and although we sometimes disagree on some fine point or another - his researched knowledge of all things H&R has helped me focus and fill-in gaps in my collection. Without his research, we wouldn't have an up-to-date, CORRECT and 99% complete (new stuff is constantly showing up) rewritten section in the Blue Book of Gun Values by S. Fjestad and I wouldn't have had the opportunity to have my name listed with the august company of contributing editors along side his. This section, along with his forth coming book - will give new meaning to collecting H&R's and rectify the myriad of mistaken info that you can still find in many of the other 'guides'. For all of these reasons, I say "Thanks, Bill. Keep up the good work."

kingcuke · 10-20-2010, 04:20 AM

+1 on kudos to Bill. His interest, knowledge, and willingness to share is outstanding!

Zane71464 · 10-20-2010, 05:58 AM

Thanks for the thread old simperfi, as I too Would like to thank Bill Goforth for all his
input/help and information he has provided here in TFF. Sure has answered several
questions of mine and really appreciated the help/information and his effort.

Crpdeth · 10-20-2010, 10:25 AM

Hear! Hear!

doubleslover · 10-20-2010, 03:24 PM

I too want to thank Mr. Goforth for the help he has given others as well as myself. His dedication to firearms is a tremendous asset for those who have sought his knowledge.

BETH · 10-20-2010, 04:55 PM

KUDOS FROM ME TOOOOOO

jamesjo · 10-21-2010, 09:35 AM

Bill,
Doesn't it feel good to be loved?
Thanks for all you do from me also!!
Jim

3/2 STA SS · 10-21-2010, 09:53 AM

YES YES YES-an incredible source of knowledge

b.goforth · 10-21-2010, 01:22 PM

i have been away from my computer for about a day and a half so this one caught me off guard. as some of you know i lost my son july 25 this year (heart attack) and i don't know if this is slowing up the H&R book but it certainly hasn't helped. i know i have been saying any day now but in truth it may be after the first of the year before the H&R book is finally printed (some issues with some pictures).

i realized after i purchased my first computer there was so much misinformation online about iver johnson's i set my mind to correcting as much as i could (and also maybe sell a few books). i started the H&R book research to do the same thing and thanks to jim hauff and a couple of other H&R collectors i believe we will.

this fourm has become my home away from home and will continue to be as long as they will let me. my website has become inactive because that was my son's contribution to my collection and i just don't have the knowledge to keep it up. i will remove it from my signature as soon as i figure out (again) how to do it. my appoligies to every one for it still being listed. one last thing about the website my son set it up and kept it updated and in my opinion it was done very professionally and as good as any out there.

thanks for all the kind words from all of you.
bill

Old Gun Guy · 10-21-2010, 02:43 PM

Bill,
I also thank you for all the help in the past. Your I.J. book, and your contributions to this website have been priceless to me. BTW, are you really as mean as the picture in the back of your book portrays you to be? LOL!
Old Gun Guy

old semperfi · 10-21-2010, 05:43 PM

BILL,I DIDNT KNOW ABOUT YOUR SON BUT I WILL SAY A PRAYER FOR HIM,KEEP THE FAITH BROTHER,GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS. old semperfi

Jim Hauff · 10-21-2010, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Old Gun Guy

Bill,
I also thank you for all the help in the past. Your I.J. book, and your contributions to this website have been priceless to me. BTW, are you really as mean as the picture in the back of your book portrays you to be? LOL!
Old Gun Guy

YES

b.goforth · 10-22-2010, 01:31 PM

the past couple of months i have been feeling a little down and this thread perked me up not just a bit but a bunch.

my wife tells me i need to smile more but a smile won't help someone who looks like i do. look for a new picture in the back of the H&R book.

thanks
bill

Jim Hauff · 10-23-2010, 08:32 AM

old semperfi · 10-24-2010, 07:58 PM

bill,as of now 15 people have thanked you for your help,thats out of 215.if i were you and these people had no more manners than to thank somebody for all your help i would tell them to buy your book and maybe they will be more thankful the next time they are helped.you spend a lot of your personel time to help others that dont seem to be thankful for the help.nuff said old semperfi

jamesjo · 10-24-2010, 11:26 PM

Glad we could help Bill!
Now back to work!

b.goforth · 10-25-2010, 01:24 PM

old semperfi,
the fact is someone like you would start this thread and that 15 or so people responded is enough for me. although my publisher would like to sell more books.

jamesjo,
i am typing as fast as i can, but it's not very fast with only two fingers.

bill
just had to go back and correct some spelling errors.

jamesjo · 10-25-2010, 03:08 PM

I thought it was tough posting on the forums being a 2 finger typer myself.
You have written 2 books that way?
WOW! I am really impressed now! LOL

10-19-2010, 08:14 PM	#1
old semperfi Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: i live in southern indiana,old country boy at heart Posts: 1,506	B.GOFORTH- how much is............i really dont have a question,i just think you deserve kudos for all the help and info you have given this forum,i know you have gone above and beyond and i just want to thank you for all your help.i am doing this having so far not needed your help,but for all the help you have given others. old semperfi -->

10-19-2010, 08:17 PM	#2
Jim K Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,408	Re: B.GOFORTH- Permit me to put a big Second to that statement! Bill is the real expert on those IJ and H&R guns and other guns of the era. I just hope those he has helped appreciate his work and expertise. Jim

10-19-2010, 08:46 PM	#3
Jim Hauff Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 2,980	Re: B.GOFORTH- I'd like to third this proclaimation. On a personal note: without Bill's research, I would have nothing but a big pile of H&R's and not really know much of what I had. I've known Bill for about 12 years now, and although we sometimes disagree on some fine point or another - his researched knowledge of all things H&R has helped me focus and fill-in gaps in my collection. Without his research, we wouldn't have an up-to-date, CORRECT and 99% complete (new stuff is constantly showing up) rewritten section in the Blue Book of Gun Values by S. Fjestad and I wouldn't have had the opportunity to have my name listed with the august company of contributing editors along side his. This section, along with his forth coming book - will give new meaning to collecting H&R's and rectify the myriad of mistaken info that you can still find in many of the other 'guides'. For all of these reasons, I say "Thanks, Bill. Keep up the good work." __________________ Jim Hauff ~ H&R Collector In Memory of Bill Goforth and Jim Ritchie Last edited by Jim Hauff; 10-19-2010 at 08:48 PM..

10-20-2010, 04:20 AM	#4
kingcuke V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cucumber Island Posts: 154	Re: B.GOFORTH- +1 on kudos to Bill. His interest, knowledge, and willingness to share is outstanding! __________________ Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. H. L. Mencken It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. George MacDonald

10-20-2010, 05:58 AM	#5
Zane71464 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ohio NRA Member Contributor Posts: 5,415	Re: B.GOFORTH- Thanks for the thread old simperfi, as I too Would like to thank Bill Goforth for all his input/help and information he has provided here in TFF. Sure has answered several questions of mine and really appreciated the help/information and his effort. __________________ Two Words; "Simple Man", song by Charlie Daniels sums up my thoughts on a "few things"!

10-20-2010, 10:25 AM	#6
Crpdeth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Location: Location Contributor Posts: 8,247	Re: B.GOFORTH- Hear! Hear! __________________ Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer

10-20-2010, 03:24 PM	#7
doubleslover V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 213	Re: B.GOFORTH- I too want to thank Mr. Goforth for the help he has given others as well as myself. His dedication to firearms is a tremendous asset for those who have sought his knowledge.

10-20-2010, 04:55 PM	#8
BETH Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: naugatuck,Ct. Contributor Posts: 6,686	Re: B.GOFORTH- KUDOS FROM ME TOOOOOO

10-21-2010, 09:35 AM	#9
jamesjo V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Nebraska Posts: 438	Re: B.GOFORTH- Bill, Doesn't it feel good to be loved? Thanks for all you do from me also!! Jim

10-21-2010, 09:53 AM	#10
3/2 STA SS Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Tampa Bay Area, FL Posts: 1,454	Re: B.GOFORTH- YES YES YES-an incredible source of knowledge

10-21-2010, 01:22 PM	#11
b.goforth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: houston, tx Posts: 3,174	Re: B.GOFORTH- i have been away from my computer for about a day and a half so this one caught me off guard. as some of you know i lost my son july 25 this year (heart attack) and i don't know if this is slowing up the H&R book but it certainly hasn't helped. i know i have been saying any day now but in truth it may be after the first of the year before the H&R book is finally printed (some issues with some pictures). i realized after i purchased my first computer there was so much misinformation online about iver johnson's i set my mind to correcting as much as i could (and also maybe sell a few books). i started the H&R book research to do the same thing and thanks to jim hauff and a couple of other H&R collectors i believe we will. this fourm has become my home away from home and will continue to be as long as they will let me. my website has become inactive because that was my son's contribution to my collection and i just don't have the knowledge to keep it up. i will remove it from my signature as soon as i figure out (again) how to do it. my appoligies to every one for it still being listed. one last thing about the website my son set it up and kept it updated and in my opinion it was done very professionally and as good as any out there. thanks for all the kind words from all of you. bill __________________ Author: Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works 1871-1993 H&R Arms Company 1871-1986 (due spring 2010) available from www.gunshowbooks.com website; iverjohnsoncollector.x10hosting.com Last edited by b.goforth; 10-21-2010 at 01:33 PM..

10-21-2010, 02:43 PM	#12
Old Gun Guy V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: N. Utah Contributor Posts: 489	Re: B.GOFORTH- Bill, I also thank you for all the help in the past. Your I.J. book, and your contributions to this website have been priceless to me. BTW, are you really as mean as the picture in the back of your book portrays you to be? LOL! Old Gun Guy

10-21-2010, 05:43 PM	#13
old semperfi Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: i live in southern indiana,old country boy at heart Posts: 1,506	Re: B.GOFORTH- BILL,I DIDNT KNOW ABOUT YOUR SON BUT I WILL SAY A PRAYER FOR HIM,KEEP THE FAITH BROTHER,GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS. old semperfi

10-22-2010, 01:31 PM	#15
b.goforth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: houston, tx Posts: 3,174	Re: B.GOFORTH- the past couple of months i have been feeling a little down and this thread perked me up not just a bit but a bunch. my wife tells me i need to smile more but a smile won't help someone who looks like i do. look for a new picture in the back of the H&R book. thanks bill __________________ Author: Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works 1871-1993 H&R Arms Company 1871-1986 (due spring 2010) available from www.gunshowbooks.com website; iverjohnsoncollector.x10hosting.com

10-23-2010, 08:32 AM	#16
Jim Hauff Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 2,980	Re: B.GOFORTH- __________________ Jim Hauff ~ H&R Collector In Memory of Bill Goforth and Jim Ritchie

10-24-2010, 07:58 PM	#17
old semperfi Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: i live in southern indiana,old country boy at heart Posts: 1,506	Re: B.GOFORTH- bill,as of now 15 people have thanked you for your help,thats out of 215.if i were you and these people had no more manners than to thank somebody for all your help i would tell them to buy your book and maybe they will be more thankful the next time they are helped.you spend a lot of your personel time to help others that dont seem to be thankful for the help.nuff said old semperfi

10-24-2010, 11:26 PM	#18
jamesjo V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Nebraska Posts: 438	Re: B.GOFORTH- Glad we could help Bill! Now back to work!

10-25-2010, 01:24 PM	#19
b.goforth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: houston, tx Posts: 3,174	Re: B.GOFORTH- old semperfi, the fact is someone like you would start this thread and that 15 or so people responded is enough for me. although my publisher would like to sell more books. jamesjo, i am typing as fast as i can, but it's not very fast with only two fingers. bill just had to go back and correct some spelling errors. __________________ Author: Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works 1871-1993 H&R Arms Company 1871-1986 (due spring 2010) available from www.gunshowbooks.com website; iverjohnsoncollector.x10hosting.com Last edited by b.goforth; 10-25-2010 at 01:27 PM..

10-25-2010, 03:08 PM	#20
jamesjo V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Nebraska Posts: 438	Re: B.GOFORTH- I thought it was tough posting on the forums being a 2 finger typer myself. You have written 2 books that way? WOW! I am really impressed now! LOL