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Man Responsible for All Muzzleloaders Ever Used by WVU's Mountaineer Mascots, Marvin Wotring, Passes

By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on December 06, 2018 via Connect-Bridgeport.com

According to MetroNews, gunsmith Marvin Wotring, who built every muzzleloader used by the WVU Mountaineer mascot since 1977, died Sunday at his home in Morgantown.
 
He was 78 and spent more than half his life making West Virginia’s most iconic firearm.
 
“He was the nicest man I ever knew, and he never had a bad word for anybody,” said Shannon Lewis, president of the West Virginia Muzzleloaders Association. “When we would have our shoots he was always there and always willing to help people learn to shoot.  If we had a kid who didn’t have a gun, he’d let them use his. He would fix their gun or whatever. He was just a really giving man.”
 
Wotring was a 1965 West Virginia University graduate and spent his career working for the United States Department of Agriculture. His gunsmith work took a serious turn upward after he retired, but the skills he developed much earlier in life. He was a skilled machinist and learned his craft during high school at the Preston County vocational school.
 
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Editor's Note: Photo showing Marvin Wotring with one of the WVU Mountaineers courtesy of Facebook.



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