Shooter Goes Out with a Bang

[Fenris]

Shooter Goes Out with a Bang


DUBLIN (Reuters) - Friends of a champion Irish clay pigeon shooter have fulfilled his dying wish by packing his ashes into shotgun cartridges and blasting his remains over firing ranges around the world.

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"Tony said 'I want to go out with a bang and it's up to you guys to help me,'" said Willie Hughes, Mullan's best friend and shooting partner of 20 years.

"So I took the lead out of 50 cartridges, put Tony's ashes into them and recrimped them, and now every ground I go to I fire one off," he added.

"Tony would have done the same for me," he told Reuters.

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[OpSomBlood]

1. Cool story.

Everyone should have some kind of memorial that reflects their passion in life, rather than dwelling on the sadness of their death.

[Fenris]

2. That's what I say

Timothy Leary and Gene Roddenberry had their ashes shot into space.

As for my own death, I plan on saving up money so my friends and family can throw a party when I die. Not celebrating my death, of course, but my life.