Oklahoma man's home hit with stray artillery shell fired from cannon 3 miles away

Daily News ^ | 06/26/2014 | Jenna O'Donnell

[aimhigh]

Gene Kelley’s home was hit with the artillery shell after it was fired at the Oklahoma Full Auto Shoot and Trade Show. No one was hurt in the incident, but the cannon’s owner has agreed to pay for Kelley’s damages.

Homeowner Gene Kelley heard a huge crash and was shocked to find a 14-and-a-half-inch-long 105 howitzer artillery shell lying on his bedroom floor.

[cuban leaf]

Yeah, if you have a howitzer ...

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I have a howitzer, but it’s not fully automatic so it’s legal. But that 15 round magazine limit is annoying.

[gilor]

very good security and fire control.

Not sure about their security but their 'fire control' needs some work in the 'control' department.

[Tallguy]

One of those “hold ma Beer” moments, huh?

[mabarker1]

LOL, so in a way Ya shot Your own foot;)

Did You ever find the bearing?

[Trod Upon]

Must be one bitch of an ejector on that howitzer. ;)

[nascarnation]

Another reason to wear your hard hat around the house!

[Trod Upon]

I knew I should have read all the comments.

[Osage Orange]

If what happened is true......

I'm suspect....

[molson209]

Mulligan !!!!!!!!!!!!! you

[deweyfrank]

It’s probably still in the clip. /s

[Little Ray]

Or too big a charge.

[mabarker1]

Or go out of Town when the Shoot is on, way out of Town.

[luvbach1]

Gene Kelley was able to dance out of the way in the rain of fire.

He could also sing in the rain.

[luvbach1]

Thanks for posting. I’m a great fan of Gene Kelly.

[SeaHawkFan]

Someone may not have counted the right number of power bags.

[Red Badger]

Yes, I thought of that as well. But I would expect someone who is familiar with this stuff would measure very carefully....................

[Rebelbase]

Think you might have used a little bit too much dynamite there, Butch?

[vette6387]

“YIKES!!! Good thing it was a dummy round!

Like the scene from “Stripes” Where John Laroquette (the idiot commanding officer) demands that a recruit “fire the mortar, soldier” when it hadn’t been set up. Warren Oates (the DI who has just scaled a rope climbing platform) hollers out “incoming!” True to the script the mortar round hit the platform.

[duffee]

“I can just hear the call to the Insurance Agent- !? A WHAT CAME THROUGH YOUR ROOF ?!”

Obviously an “act of war”, that’s not covered.

[nascarnation]

Here in Indy, with Tuesday's twister, we had a guy's 5th wheel RV land on another guy's house: