Looking for a link to long rifles thread I came across this story,
http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/Man_killed_while_cleaning_muzzleloader
Man killed while
cleaning muzzleloader
He and dad found gun near dumpster
Last Edited: Wednesday, 14 Jan 2009, 6:44 PM EST
Created On: Wednesday, 14 Jan 2009, 3:40 PM EST
Rachael Ruiz
NEWAYGO, Mich. (WOOD) - The Newaygo County Sheriff's Department is investigating an accidental shooting that killed a 28-year-old father of three.
Authorities say Jason Charles Mielke and his dad were cleaning a muzzleloader found near a dumpster at the apartment complex where Jason lived.
The shooting happened around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at his father's home in the 3000 block of South Cottonwood Avenue in Big Prairie Township.
A sheriff's investigation concluded that a breech plug became stuck in the muzzleloader as the two men were cleaning it. As the men used a torch to heat the barrel around the plug to help release it, the weapon fired off a round, hitting Mielke in the abdomen.
When authorities arrived, they found him lying outside the home with a gunshot wound. He died at the residence.
http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/Man_killed_while_cleaning_muzzleloader
Man killed while
cleaning muzzleloader
He and dad found gun near dumpster
Last Edited: Wednesday, 14 Jan 2009, 6:44 PM EST
Created On: Wednesday, 14 Jan 2009, 3:40 PM EST
Rachael Ruiz
NEWAYGO, Mich. (WOOD) - The Newaygo County Sheriff's Department is investigating an accidental shooting that killed a 28-year-old father of three.
Authorities say Jason Charles Mielke and his dad were cleaning a muzzleloader found near a dumpster at the apartment complex where Jason lived.
The shooting happened around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at his father's home in the 3000 block of South Cottonwood Avenue in Big Prairie Township.
A sheriff's investigation concluded that a breech plug became stuck in the muzzleloader as the two men were cleaning it. As the men used a torch to heat the barrel around the plug to help release it, the weapon fired off a round, hitting Mielke in the abdomen.
When authorities arrived, they found him lying outside the home with a gunshot wound. He died at the residence.