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2008/07/12 19:55:48
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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The Last Chancer Who Survived
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Got my gamers edition of the rulebook today, with the groovy bolter ammo crate. Came filled with egg carton foam. I'm thinking of using mine to store my BFG ships since I don't have a whole lot .. my whole fleet will fit in there with room left over.
So what are you gonna do with yours?
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2008/07/12 20:19:06
Subject: Re:What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Crafty Bray Shaman
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I don't know, mine is just sitting next to my 10 IG tanks at the moment. I could use it as a lunchbox..I suppose...
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Jean-luke Pee-card, of thee YOU ES ES Enter-prize
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2008/07/12 20:46:14
Subject: Re:What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Rampaging Furioso Blood Angel Dreadnought
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Mine is back home, won't see it for a while. How much space is in theere for minis? Will it accept the GW foams?
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2008/07/12 21:51:27
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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The Last Chancer Who Survived
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I don't use the GW cases so I don't know.. but I don't think it's big enough.. you should be able to get a decent amt of regular figures in it.. a few squads.. good for samller armies if you're just starting out or whatever
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2008/07/12 22:20:53
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Nurgle Veteran Marine with the Flu
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Put bolter shells, rounds, bullets, ammo (whatever you call them) in it, silly.
edit: omfg, did i get corrected because i used the wrong term for something that really does not exist?
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2008/07/12 23:07:09
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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Le Grognard wrote:Put bolter shells in it, silly.
<AHEM> Bolters use caseless ammunition.... so no shells. 
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Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
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2008/07/13 00:19:34
Subject: Re:What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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I am going to do a bit of 'converting' on mine... gonna spray paint it bright-red, spray-paint a few black stripes across it, then print a stencil on paper, cut it out, and spray paint the white symbol for Saim Hann across it.
No silly Imperial stuff here! 
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2008/07/13 01:08:14
Subject: Re:What will you do with your ammo crate?
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[ADMIN]
Decrepit Dakkanaut
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I'm going to use it for my laptop when I take it as carry-on luggage when flying. You'll never see me again 
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2008/07/13 01:57:57
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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39 figures fit in foam.
I'm going to use it to carry dice, rulebook, tape measure, game counters, codex. In worst case scenarios I can swing it and crush a skull, lol
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2008/07/13 02:23:26
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Snord
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<AHEM> Bolters use caseless ammunition.... so no shells.
Bolters do use caseless ammunition hence the ejector port on the side.
When i get my crate its primary use will be a bookstand 
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2008/07/13 03:23:31
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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1. put a hole in the box
2. put my junk in that box
3. have Greg Sparks open it up.
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2008/07/13 04:30:02
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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skkipper, you were pure WIN until step 3.
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2008/07/14 10:37:35
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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Bla_Ze wrote:
<AHEM> Bolters use caseless ammunition.... so no shells.
Bolters do use caseless ammunition hence the ejector port on the side.
When i get my crate its primary use will be a bookstand
You just agreed with me, but I'll assume you were trying to rebut.
One: Bolters use caseless ammunition. It's canon, I believe in the third edtion codex it's mentioned.
Two: even a rifle firing caseless ammunition needs an exterior bolt handle, and most likely some venting at the breech. The bolt handle is used to load the first round from the magazine into the chamber for firing, and also to eject any unspent rounds when the weapon is made safe for stowage.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2008/07/14 10:39:15
Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
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2008/07/14 13:00:01
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Lordhat wrote:One: Bolters use caseless ammunition. It's canon, I believe in the third edtion codex it's mentioned.
The 3rd edition rulebook had a cutaway diagram of various types of bolter round.
The standard bolter round pictured has a case.
Older fluff refers to bolters using caseless ammo. Newer fluff and most of the artwork over 40K's history says otherwise.
So the best you can get as 'canon' is that some bolters use caseless ammo.
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2008/07/14 14:58:03
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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The master paint kit came with a bolter 'shell'. The Death Korps of Krieg Heavy Bolters come with spent shells.
It's not much, but enough to cause me to believe they have cases.
More on topic: I was thinking about buying a pistol. If I do, I'm probably going to stow it in this thing.
Otherwise I'm going to see if I can shove some tank foam in there and make it my 'current project' box for vehicles, like my chessex cases are for my infantry.
For the moment it's just doing its thing, looking awesome.
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Iorek on Zombie Dong wrote:I know you'll all keep thinking about it. Admit it. Some of you may even make it your avatar
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2008/07/14 15:04:13
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Ruthless Rafkin
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If I had one, I'd take it on a flight to see for how long the TSA would detain me.
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2008/07/14 18:12:05
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Calculating Commissar
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I hear Gitmo is lovely this time of year...
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The supply does not get to make the demands. |
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2008/07/19 05:13:30
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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im probably gonna store all of my shiny DKoK minis in there (all 40 of them).
failing that, i will (once its finished) put my 2k Harlequin army (totaling like 41 minis) in there (heresy i no)
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2008/07/19 05:38:01
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Fireknife Shas'el
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2008/07/20 02:18:51
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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adding a little grid type thing so that it has compartments for dice, counters, templates etc... and all 3 rulebooks (40k, WFB, LOTR) and and army books i need... should all fit once i get the little 40k one in september
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2008/07/20 02:36:57
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Wicked Warp Spider
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I seem to remember bolter shells having cases. In fact, the only caseless ammunition I remember being described was autoguns. I believe both the Necromunda books and the 2nd edition wargear book compare them to 20th century autoloading weapons, but caseless. I could have my references wrong, but I remember that.
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2008/07/28 14:24:52
Subject: Re:What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Been Around the Block
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I have found that my rulebook fits nicely inside so probably will use it for that. I bought it mostly before it looks cool so it will be displayed as such.
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2008/07/28 14:41:33
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
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insaniak wrote:Lordhat wrote:One: Bolters use caseless ammunition. It's canon, I believe in the third edtion codex it's mentioned.
The 3rd edition rulebook had a cutaway diagram of various types of bolter round.
The standard bolter round pictured has a case.
Older fluff refers to bolters using caseless ammo. Newer fluff and most of the artwork over 40K's history says otherwise.
So the best you can get as 'canon' is that some bolters use caseless ammo.
Well, originally bolters were caseless. Unfortunately the forgeworlds making the caseless rounds were eaten by Squats. Since then they've had to resort to lower tech "Cased rounds," that were discovered by Hans Case after a 500 year perusal of the archives on Sigma Prime, finally finding the STC in a stack of periodicals next to a Viii model waste evacuation chute. You'll remember Case, who also discovered the soft and hard cased travelling boxwear sported by all the hippest Mechanicus Adepts, as well as the more commonly used Case of Beer. This is also why guardsmen are no longer permitted to have assault cannon, they did not have enough rounds to go around 
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2008/07/28 21:21:28
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Sentient OverBear
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I ended up sending mine to a friend, as he got screwed out of his and I could not come up with a single use for mine.
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2008/07/28 23:17:15
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Khorne Veteran Marine with Chain-Axe
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Bla_Ze wrote:
<AHEM> Bolters use caseless ammunition.... so no shells.
Bolters do use caseless ammunition hence the ejector port on the side.
When i get my crate its primary use will be a bookstand
Actually technically bolters use mini rockets and that "ejector" port is actually a vent release to prevent over pressurization.
http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Bolter
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2008/07/28 23:24:29
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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[MOD]
Making Stuff
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ChaosDave wrote:Bolters do use caseless ammunition hence the ejector port on the side.
While I suspect you've confused this statement slightly, it's worth pointing out that as was mentioned earlier in the thread, whether or not the ammunition is cased or caseless, the weapon still needs an ejection port.
Actually technically bolters use mini rockets and that "ejector" port is actually a vent release to prevent over pressurization.
Given that the wiki you just linked to mentions that the initial propelant charge is enclosed in an outer case, I would think the ejection port is more likely an ejection port... 
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2008/07/28 23:53:04
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Crafty Bray Shaman
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Iorek wrote:I ended up sending mine to a friend, as he got screwed out of his and I could not come up with a single use for mine.
You could have put a hole in it and then put your junk in it...
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Jean-luke Pee-card, of thee YOU ES ES Enter-prize
Make it so!
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2008/07/29 00:02:25
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Evasive Eshin Assassin
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VermGho5t wrote:Iorek wrote:I ended up sending mine to a friend, as he got screwed out of his and I could not come up with a single use for mine.
You could have put a hole in it and then put your junk in it...
why does everyone keep recommending this?
i did this and cut myself. now it hurts when i pee... 
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2008/07/30 21:33:53
Subject: What will you do with your ammo crate?
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Hellacious Havoc
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I'm going to fill it full of fondant fancies and leave it on the steps of a local police station as a present
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