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Pa. man fires cannon, hits neighbor's house
yahoo ^ | Sep 4,

Posted on 09/05/2009 10:19:03 AM PDT by JoeProBono

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1 posted on 09/05/2009 10:19:05 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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“Oops”


2 posted on 09/05/2009 10:20:49 AM PDT by mkmensinger
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Was the neighbor blocking his view of the skyline?


3 posted on 09/05/2009 10:22:21 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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I wonder who was holding his beer?


4 posted on 09/05/2009 10:22:52 AM PDT by garyhope ( It's world war IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islamofascism.)
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5 posted on 09/05/2009 10:23:38 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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"Dammit how did I miss his huge head?!"
6 posted on 09/05/2009 10:24:57 AM PDT by I Hate Obama ("Life Is Like A Box of Chocolates, You Never Know What You're Gonna Get." -Forest Gump)
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Too much gunpowder?


7 posted on 09/05/2009 10:25:07 AM PDT by John123 (If Teddy was the lion of the senate... then we were the prey.)
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If shooting the things wasn't so expensive, I wouldn't mind having an old cannon.

As far as I know, a person could obtain a WWII era railroad gun, convert it to fire as a muzzle loader and no paperwork would be required.

8 posted on 09/05/2009 10:28:29 AM PDT by fso301
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Just what did it ricochet off....


9 posted on 09/05/2009 10:29:49 AM PDT by freebilly ( No wonder all the left has a boner for Obama.... There's "Cialis" in "SoCIALISt")
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10 posted on 09/05/2009 10:39:12 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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I hate it when I do that! At least he didn’t take out the F-150. That would truly been a tragedy.


11 posted on 09/05/2009 10:41:36 AM PDT by Still Thinking (If ignorance is bliss, liberals must be ecstatic!)
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Maybe off his neighbor’s breastworks?


12 posted on 09/05/2009 10:44:00 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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13 posted on 09/05/2009 10:48:23 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Back in the late '70's, an acquaintance and his brothers built a muzzleloading cannon out of materials found on and near their farm. The bore size was close enough to use pop cans filled with concrete; IIRC, they just used GOEX Fg blackpowder and "fireworks grade" cannon fuse to propel the former empties. The father of the clan became irate after one of his outbuildings became an impromptu accuracy and penetration target (revealing that concrete-filled aluminum cans punched neat holes in two sides even at relatively low velocity).

I declined an invitation to become part of the "gun crew" because I had no desire to loiter around a thin mild steel tube of unknown lineage when it was stuffed with an explosive. As the novelty wore off, they looked high and low to find the makings of a M/L mortar that would fire old bowling balls.

Alas, they were unsuccessful, which probably contributed to their longevity.

Mr. niteowl77

14 posted on 09/05/2009 10:48:48 AM PDT by niteowl77 (You wanted him, and now you have got him. I say, "Good day to you," America.)
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How many nights have I sat in my living room, listening to the drunken idiots across the road roaring out the Motown Hits of the Sixties (or rap, or Latin songs) and wished I had a Napoleon? How many nights have I lain in my bed, unable to sleep because of the noise, and wondered whether round shot, chain shot, or a whiff of grape would be best for ripping a townhouse in half horizontally?

Some besotted male admirer should buy me a field piece. Christmas is coming! I keep hinting but for some reason no one obliges. I receive tiresome things like sweaters and scarves rather than artillery. WTF.


15 posted on 09/05/2009 10:49:45 AM PDT by ottbmare (Ein Reich, ein Volk, ein Obama!)
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A little bit more to the left, eh?


16 posted on 09/05/2009 10:52:06 AM PDT by FourPeas (Why does Professor Presbury's wolfhound, Roy, endeavour to bite him?)
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17 posted on 09/05/2009 10:55:17 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Oops! Civil War fan pierces neighbor's house with cannonball, police say
18 posted on 09/05/2009 10:57:23 AM PDT by Wardenclyffe
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Regular price: $25.00 Sale price: $23.73


19 posted on 09/05/2009 11:00:20 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Maybe off his neighbor’s breastworks?

Silicone is amazing stuff....

20 posted on 09/05/2009 11:00:58 AM PDT by freebilly ( No wonder all the left has a boner for Obama.... There's "Cialis" in "SoCIALISt")
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