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Does anyone here know of a gun smith named Nelms
Jun 8th, 2022 at 12:50am
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He apparently has made some Borchardts.

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Reply #1 - Jun 9th, 2022 at 7:02pm
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He must no longer be in business.  If he was & has an FFL he does not go by that name.  I just searched the database of close to 80,000 FFL holders & nothing pops up.  BTW I searched for Nelms & Nelm.

But FWIW I did find several with the last name of Helms.

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Reply #2 - Jun 11th, 2022 at 5:08pm
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Pug Nelms was a retired shop teacher from Georgia. Build several Borchardt from my castings. When I first met him years ago he was coming to the Tulsa show to buy military Borchardts  to rebuild. He is or maybe was a very fine southern gentleman. He also built classic cars.
  
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Reply #3 - Jun 13th, 2022 at 1:24pm
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Thanks Rodney.

I am buying a Borchardt he built from one of your kits.
  
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Reply #4 - Jun 14th, 2022 at 8:49pm
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I also met Mr Nelms many years ago and I think he is still around. I could have bought one of his "kit" rifles but at the time like in many cases didn't have the money. A nicer person you will never meet. And yes he was a shop teacher for many years but boy could he build a beautiful rifle.


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