Man Shoots Cannon, Hits Neighbors House By Mistake at 400yds.

[MikeBjerum]

what diffrence does that make?

he shot it in the direction of some one elses house( 400 yds away)  

he either knew the house was there and didn't think he would hit it, or didn't know it was there.  either way its negligence.

Did he shoot in the direction of the house?  The ball richetted and went at the house.  Maybe there was a house over the hill, or maybe it was off to the side.  I didn't take the guy off the hook for responsibility, but gave him some slack for it being an isolated incident in his shooting history.

Every shooting range faces this possibility, and they all do their best to keep the worst from happening (some are better at it than others).  This guy just had his first* oops on his private range.  I'm just hoping they don't nail his hide to the wall for this one.  Heck ... Let's treat him like a drunk driver, give him a slap on the wrist, all his guns and ammo back, and mark it up as "he's a nice guy, wonder when we'll see him again."

* I'm saying "first," because they way this was reported I'm sure it would have been mentioned if there had been other situations with this landowner.

[tombogan03884]

 Watch the video, It is clearly stated that this bank has served as a safe backstop for years but this shot ricocheted off a rock.
No negligence involved at all, purely bad luck.

[TAB]

Watch the video, It is clearly stated that this bank has served as a safe backstop for years but this shot ricocheted off a rock.
No negligence involved at all, purely bad luck.

unless the house was behind him, it was no accident.    180 shooting plane, thats something we should all know about. 

ricochettes are something you have to expect to happen.  they don't happen often, but they do happen.  I've seen more then a few come backs in my time on the range.

[Jackel]

its like when you were a kid, firing off air rifles to the west to try and hit a kid you dont like.

the next day

"local man was hospitalized with injuries to the head, witnesses say he just screamed for no apparent reason. he will give a statement later today."

[Hazcat]

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[fightingquaker13]

I want one of our DRTV machinists to make a nice little cannon for me to go BOOM on the fourth.


Takers?

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[sledgemeister]

Wonder howmany grains of BP he had stoked in it?
I know a fellow with a 1/4 scale civil war howitzer that will throw a 2" ball of lead about 3+ km (2 mile in US speak) using about 700gr of BP

Unfortunate accident, hopefully charges will be dropped or let off with a warning, one thing I bet he doesnt get to keep shooting cannons at home though