MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Morgantown gunsmith Marvin Wotring, who built every muzzleloader used by the WVU Mountaineer mascot since 1977, died Sunday at his home.
“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.