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2. Heated shot - Wikipedia

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   Special tools were required to handle heated shot. An iron fork was used to remove heated shot from the furnace, then the shot was placed on a stand and cleaned by rubbing off loose surface scale with a rasp. A pair of tongs with circular jaws was used to handle the shot at the furnace. To carry the shot to the cannons, hot-shot ladles were used.

3. List of cannon projectiles - Wikipedia

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   Heated (or hot) shot A process where a solid iron cannonball is heated red hot in a specially-designed wood- or coal-fired furnace and then is loaded in a muzzle-loading cannon, cushioned by a substantial thickness of wet wads, and is then fired while still red hot, at flammable targets with the intention of setting them on fire.

4. Shotgun cartridge - Wikipedia

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   Shot cups, where used, are also almost universally plastic. The shot fills the shot cup (which must be of the correct length to hold the desired quantity of shot), and the cartridges is then crimped, or rolled closed. The only known shotgun cartridge using rebated rims is the 12 Gauge RAS12, specially made for the RAS-12 semi automatic shotgun. [6]

5. Naval artillery in the Age of Sail - Wikipedia

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   The hot shot lodging in a ship's dry timbers would set the ship afire. Because of the danger of fire aboard, heated shot were seldom used aboard ships. Molten iron shell A variation on heated shot, where molten metal from a furnace is poured into a hollowed out shell and then allowed to cool briefly to seal the molten metal in before firing.

6. Overpressure ammunition - Wikipedia

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   Speer Gold Dot 124gr 9mm+P in SIG P226 magazines. Overpressure ammunition, commonly designated as +P or +P+ (pronounced Plus-P or Plus-P-Plus), is small arms ammunition that has been loaded to produce a higher internal pressure when fired than is standard for ammunition of its caliber (see internal ballistics), but less than the pressures generated by a proof round.

7. Hotshot - Wikipedia

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   Hotshot or Hotshots or Hot Shot or Hot Shots may refer to: Heated shot , a heated projectile fired from a cannon Less than truckload shipping , industry jargon for smaller sized equipment that can move freight faster than tractor-trailers