Simple question: did the use of heated shot increase the likelihood of the gun bursting?
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Thanks both. The same enquiry elsewhere has directed me (thanks to Rob Griffith) to this treatise, which explains the procedure and associated risks very clearly. See pp.132-134 of the artillery section (597-599 in the PDF's numbering): https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Treatise_on_Fortification_and_Artillery/aGXzAAAAMAAJ
Heated shot was considered dangerous
http://starforts.com/hotshotfurnace.com/hotshothistory.html
I think this was discussed here earlier.
Here: https://www.thenapoleonicwars.net/forum/general-discussions/red-bullets
Heated shot was fired from mortars. I don't think these were fired from fieldguns. And mortars are not likely to burst.