Cleaning your gun

[vario]

Just saw this; http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/gun-cleaning-ax-mile-away-kills-amish-girl-27652095.html

 

[CRSIII]

Idiot.

 

[HTRN]

Dupe

 

[Zappa]

Dupe

Actually, the other thread is the dupe, this one was first by 8 minutes.

 

[jcr]

Why is the word "ax" in the video title?

 

[Reptile]

AX - accident.

Very sad. Wrong place at wrong time. Negligent gun owner.

 

[dingbat]

He "accidentally" shot his muzzle-loading rifle into the air while cleaning it???

Really??? Is there some part of the cleaning process of a muzzle loader I'm not aware of where you go through the trouble of ramming powder, wad and a ball down the barrel ???

 

[TWtommers]

He "accidentally" shot his muzzle-loading rifle into the air while cleaning it???

Really??? Is there some part of the cleaning process of a muzzle loader I'm not aware of where you go through the trouble of ramming powder, wad and a ball down the barrel ???

I'm guessing that it was stored loaded and he needed to discharge it to clean it.