Test Casing?

[phillyshooter]

I've been wondering, are we supposed to do anything with the test casing(s) that come with most new handguns? Or are they just for states that require ballistic fingerprinting?

[PennsyPlinker]

I usually let them rattle around for a while before I get to throwing them away.

[XD45]

i dont believe they are for any type of ballistic fingerprinting. I usually toss them in the reloading bin, but the last glock i got had a steel freakin casing.

[pex]

i dont believe they are for any type of ballistic fingerprinting. I usually toss them in the reloading bin, but the last glock i got had a steel freakin casing.

So you think they just put that in their for shits and giggles?

[SteveXD]

Some states require them from what I've been told by the gun shops...

[IV_Warrior]

Reload it and shoot it.

[BearTitan]

MD requires a "certified" casing from each handgun you bring into the state. If you are not movinng to MD. You don't need the case.

[ShakeyDad]

MD requires a "certified" casing from each handgun you bring into the state. If you are not movinng to MD. You don't need the case.

I've often wondered why they "need" the casings. Why would the state require you to have them ??

[fingers80002]

I've often wondered why they "need" the casings. Why would the state require you to have them ??

The dealer is required to send it to the state police, in certain states.

[padowser]

MD requires a "certified" casing from each handgun you bring into the state. If you are not movinng to MD. You don't need the case.

I don't think you need to provide them one if you move there. It only applies to new firearms sales. The whole thing is junk science. Here is the latest from Marylanders for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership:

(2008-03-28) MSP has drafted and is promulgating new regulations on ‘ballistic fingerprinting’ which appear to be another administrative overreach. Ballistic fingerprinting of course refers to the ban on sale of new handguns for which a shell case fired from the gun is not given to police for inclusion in a crime evidence database. This mandate has been in place since 2000, has cost millions of dollars and has yet to have solved a crime in any way related to the way it was proposed years ago. While appearing only as a few minor edits to the existing regs, the effect of MSP’s proposal would be sweeping: they remove a requirement that any evidence they collect be used only for investigating crimes, they officially attach the gun buyer’s personal information to the shell case records and they authorize giving these shell “profiles” to the BATFE.

MSP has done this without other fanfare or announcement, so to date their true intentions are anyone’s guess, but a combination of these regulatory edits would seem to authorize the O’Malley administration to give the militantly anti-gun Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives their records (personal information, details of each gun and, perhaps as afterthought, the shell case information) for all newly purchased handguns since 2000. Who knows what rogue operation BATFE will launch using this information? Sadly, Marylanders may find out.