I am honored to have known Russ Bickel. He was the gentleman's gentleman in every respect and a very talented man. I always enjoyed talking with him and listening in when he talked with others about their guns. I was fortunate enough to have had Russ put my DH's Titanic barrels back on face and rust-blue them perfectly. Russ fitted a set of GH Damascus barrels to my DH too so that I could shoot it in 'Damascus only' events and of course did a perfect job fitting them too.
If Russ had never worked on my guns I would still admire the man. Rest in peace Russ.
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