It is said that in general there are many things to do when loading the next bullet, such as 'clean out the residuary gunpowder from inside the gun barrel with a cleaning rod' (after shooting a few bullets the gun barrel soots up and the lead shot cannot be inserted, and thus it is washed with a ramrod with a wet cloth on the end), 'stick a ventpick in the fire hole,' 'cool the gun barrel down' (however, if one shoots every minute, it is not necessary) and so on.
次弾発砲までに「銃身内の火薬残滓を洗い矢で拭う」（数発撃つと銃腔にすすがこびり付き弾が入らなくなるため、槊杖の先に水に濡らした布を付けて拭う）「火穴にせせり（ヴェントピック）を通す」「銃身を冷やす」（但し、1分間に1発程度のペースで発砲するのであればこの必要は全くない）など、一般に次弾装塡の際に行うべき事は多いと言われる。