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>Cemet sabot
Wood would likely be the more commonly used sabot material for cannons of this approximate age. Though the sabot was only really used for shells instead of solid shells or bolts. So it might be a little bit anachronistic, and depending on the manufacturing standards of /morig/, bolts + sabots made at aresnel A might be only usable with cannons made at the nearer aresnal B since they don't use the same tools and standards as arsenal C. That might be more common in /morig/ than any other country since it's a pretty decentalised state. Unless all aresenls are oversaw by an organization like the black fleet, saboted bolts might not be very feasible because rounds and barrel windage can vary quite a lot, a big contributor to the reputation of inaccurate firearms of the 18th century which might also means you can't even load the thing. But the disintegrating clay would probably remedy some of the issues I raised a couple threads back, that the lack of chamber and barely pressure in the form of expanding gas would adversely impact the muzzle velocity and ballistics of the weapon. But depending on the "clay" used I'm not sure it would create that much gas. Gun powder weapons can create so much energy and gas percisly because they use nitrogen related compounds. Though I'd imagine it would still be quite little. So the weapon would still benefit from being shorter, or alternatively, be more like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongtong, firing a larger bolt with only the end inside the cannon. But again I need to caveat that I'm not a physics, well or chemistry guy.