The gun is spunged in the ordinary manner, but the spunge must be wetted, and the gun frequently cooled with it.
The same stores are required as for the service of heavy guns with cold shot. Junk wads are indispensable, and those which are used wet should be made of a low gauge.
| Utensils required for the Shot. | |
| One furnace or grate. | One poker. |
| One moving tool. | One rake. |
| One scraper. | One shovel. |
| One pair of tongs. | |
One stand on which to place the shot, in order to scrape them.
One shot bearer per gun. Two tubs full of water, to soak wads, cool tongs, &c. Two or three water buckets.
The furnace may be heated either with wood, or coals, or a mixture of coal and coke, according to circumstances.
There should never be less than three men to attend the furnace, even when the shot and wood are close at hand, and four will generally be required, viz., one non-commissioned officer, or steady man in charge to see that the reddest shot are served out and replaced by cold ones, and to keep up such a fire as he may judge necessary.
One man to light and attend the fire, and supply fresh fuel when required.
One to take out shot, lay them on the stand, scrape them, and afterwards place them on a bearer.
One to supply the furnace with cold shot, and to bring fuel.