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focusr3 · 04-24-2008, 06:27 PM

I picked up my xd40 today and it didn't have a spent round with it. Is this common. BTW i live in MD if that Makes a difference.
Corie

rogerxd45 · 04-24-2008, 06:28 PM

is md a state the requires it?

focusr3 · 04-24-2008, 06:37 PM

Not that i know of but i was trying to estamate when it left the factory.

**mhillsing23** · 04-24-2008, 06:41 PM

SA should ship all guns with a spent round. I think I have heard of states where the gun shops turn the round into the state to keep on file.

**dsr30** · 04-24-2008, 06:42 PM

It should say on the case if it comes with the casing or not.

rogerxd45 · 04-24-2008, 06:44 PM

call SA and ask them about it and when you call them they can tell you when it was made

Modificationvt · 04-24-2008, 07:00 PM

Im fairly new to guns in general, and my XD was the first new gun that I have ever bought, I was puzzled about the brass casing that I found in my case. What exactly is the purpose of this?

jeepinbanditrider · 04-24-2008, 07:13 PM

IIRC MD. does ballistic fingerprinting so you empty casing would have went to the state so they can keep an eye on the demented crazy gun owners. You know it's for your own safety.

Pour millions of taxpayer dollars into a flawed system that doesn't work and is easy to defeat. Either use a weapon not in the data base or take a file to your chamber and rifling for a few seconds.

ETA-Yes MD does do BF.

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[edit] Ballistic fingerprint databases

Some localities, particularly Maryland, have attempted to build up a large database of "fingerprints"; in the case of the Maryland law, all new firearms sales must provide a fired case from the firearm in question to the Maryland state police, who photograph it and log the information in a database. The Maryland State police have written reports critical of the program and have asked the Maryland General Assembly to cut off funding for the program since it has not contributed to solving a single crime, and has simply been a drain for taxpayers, and police resources.[citation needed]
A California Department of Justice survey, using 742 guns used by the California Highway Patrol as a test bed, showed very poor results; even with such a limited database, less than 70% of cases of the same make as the "fingerprint" case yielded the correct gun in the top 15 matches; when a different make of ammunition was used, the success rate dropped to less than 40%. California has passed a bill AB 1471 which requires all new models of handguns to be equipped with microstamping technology by 2010.

Ballistic fingerprinting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nastynewt · 04-24-2008, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Modificationvt

Im fairly new to guns in general, and my XD was the first new gun that I have ever bought, I was puzzled about the brass casing that I found in my case. What exactly is the purpose of this?

to show your gun fires that was a test bullet at springfield

jeepinbanditrider · 04-24-2008, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Nastynewt

to show your gun fires that was a test bullet at springfield

Look at the names and writing on the envelope it comes in. Maybe they have changed recently or something but mine was test fired by a guy in Croatia.

04-24-2008, 06:27 PM	#1
focusr3 XDTalk Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Baltimore,MD Posts: 63	Factory fired round I picked up my xd40 today and it didn't have a spent round with it. Is this common. BTW i live in MD if that Makes a difference. Corie __________________ "So they've got us surrounded, good! Now we can fire in any direction, those ba$tard$ won't get away this time!" CHESTY PULLER, USMC

04-24-2008, 06:37 PM	#3
focusr3 XDTalk Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Baltimore,MD Posts: 63	Not that i know of but i was trying to estamate when it left the factory. __________________ "So they've got us surrounded, good! Now we can fire in any direction, those ba$tard$ won't get away this time!" CHESTY PULLER, USMC

04-24-2008, 06:41 PM	#4
mhillsing23 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: +38 26 31 -90 22 48 Posts: 3,177	SA should ship all guns with a spent round. I think I have heard of states where the gun shops turn the round into the state to keep on file. __________________ Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them. - Ronald Wilson Reagan

04-24-2008, 06:42 PM	#5
dsr30 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: VA Posts: 549	It should say on the case if it comes with the casing or not. __________________ XD9 Service

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04-24-2008, 06:28 PM	#2
rogerxd45 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: boise ID (its boy-see, not boy-z) Posts: 3,592	is md a state the requires it?

04-24-2008, 06:44 PM	#6
rogerxd45 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: boise ID (its boy-see, not boy-z) Posts: 3,592	call SA and ask them about it and when you call them they can tell you when it was made

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Modificationvt XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Burlington Vermont Posts: 1,287	Im fairly new to guns in general, and my XD was the first new gun that I have ever bought, I was puzzled about the brass casing that I found in my case. What exactly is the purpose of this?