Remebering way back in the day.... a bolter was described as a weapon that fired self-propelled bolts, akin to a rocket in effect. A primary charge ignited and provided enough propellant to eject the entire round through the breech, upon exit the projectiles' secondary propellant would ignite and propel the round. As such, the design did not utilize a case for holding the chemical propelling and expel a single projectile (bullet). I'm pretty sure (don't have the 5th ed in front of me) that is was still described in this way...
I was curious, after looking at some artwork and whatnot, is this not the case? Many depictions of marines w/ bolters show spent shell causing being ejected. It's not a big deal - artistic license and whatnot - but I was just wondering I'd expect spent casings to be ejected for ACs or other more traditional weps used in the 40K universe for sure.
I was curious, after looking at some artwork and whatnot, is this not the case? Many depictions of marines w/ bolters show spent shell causing being ejected. It's not a big deal - artistic license and whatnot - but I was just wondering I'd expect spent casings to be ejected for ACs or other more traditional weps used in the 40K universe for sure.