Brand New in box M&P 45..No spent shell casing?

[rc1988]

Hey guys,

Just picked up my brand new M&P 45. Everything looks perfect; however, I noticed their was no spent shell casing? Everything else was in the box. This was not a display model, it was pulled from the back. Has this happened to anyone else?

Thanks

 

[gman51]

I just bought an 627-5 nib an there was no spent casing. I guess S&W doesn't put a spent shell in the box?

 

[lowriderfxr]

There were only a couple of states that did that. I seem to remember that some politician woke up with some common sense and realized how ridiculous the law was and they repealed it.

 

[rc1988]

I'm in PA. I remember I use to get them a few years ago when I bought a few Glocks. I just got concerned. Maybe PA dI'd away with that regulation.

 

[stevyn]

I picked up a new 9c on 2/3 from my LGS and commented about the lack of the test casing. I called S&W because I wanted to know the date of manufacture (which turned out to be 12/15). Anyway, the customer service rep told me they no longer include a fired test casing. He didn't give a reason and I didn't think to ask... sure love the 9c though.

 

[cwhy_99]

I bought an mp9 fs a couple of months ago and a shield this week and both had the casings in the boxes

 

[Vitoangelo]

I actually called Smith & Wesson last month after I picked-up my new .40 cal Performance center Shield and the tech told me that they do not do that anymore, no more spent shells with new guns, My date of Manufacture was 12/18/2015

 

[Don Kleiber]

I purchased an MP9 three weeks ago and it had the casing in a envelope with a man's name on it. I assumed he had fired the weapon.

 

[Deadeye Dick]

I think that a few states had a "Balistic Shell Casing Fingerprint Program" were gun buyers were supposed to turn the spent case into the Sheriff or State PD when they registered their new gun. I believe those programs flopped and were repealed.

 

[bassgunner]

My Shield right before Christmas did not have a casing and it was pulled from the back room too. I didn't think much of it as it shot fine for me and now I have lots of spent shell casings.

 

[Classic29]

Last year Cabelas had a sale on the full size 45 with thumb safety. Couldn't resist so down my money was plunked. It had the spent case included. Someone drop the ball(case?) while packaging? Possibly. At any rate your gonna love it!

 

[Practical]

If they wanted to they could just take the shell casings and drop them into a specially designed high resolution imager (camera) that would rotate the shell and digitally image it. Recording these in a electronic database would be easier then making each state retrieve the casings and store them.

A digital repository of images would simplyfy retrieval...

I am surprised they didn't do it. A correlation algorithm would let them optically match the images.

 

[Arik]

I'm in PA. I remember I use to get them a few years ago when I bought a few Glocks. I just got concerned. Maybe PA dI'd away with that regulation.

Pa never had that. But it's easier for manufacturers to add to every box instead of trying to figure out which gun goes to what state. No that states dropped that nonsense there's no need to have it

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

They are pushing M&P's out the door as fast as they make them. I put my money on the "missing" casing being a meaningless oversight.

 

[clcdawg]

Glock also stopped sending them with their new guns. I.just got a new BFG glock 19 and th e re wasn't one in it. It seems they stopped sending them as of 10/1/15.

 

[s&wchad]

The fired shell casing was supplied by manufacturers so their guns could be sold in Maryland. The concept was to create a searchable database to match fired cases found at crime scenes. The licensed dealer would remove the sealed envelope and submit it, so buyer in MD never saw it. Everyone else received a piece of once fired brass they could add to their reloading pile, save for posterity or throw away.

The law was an expensive exercise in futility. It cost the State and the manufacturers millions of dollars, but the program never resulted in a solved criminal case. Maryland repealed the law and abandoned the program last year. Their State Police are authorized to sell the brass, which should be worth about $9,000 after they open 300,000 envelopes and sort it by caliber.

The following link is a report from The Baltimore Sun. Don't bother reading more than the first couple paragraphs, but the video is worth watching.
Maryland spent millions on gun database that solved no crimes. - Baltimore Sun

 

[Higg55]

No spent casing

I just bought a new Glock 19, no haters please.. There was no spent casing in box. I called the gun broker I purchased from and he said that a law passed by dome Maryland Senator had been repealed.
That is what I was told.

 

[MWD9557]

No. S&W doesn't include the fired casing any longer.
I just purchased my 2nd M&P Shield 9mm but this time the Performance Center ported model 10108 and it had no spent shell casing. I too called S&W and was also told they don't do that any longer.

 

[hexnut]

Neither does Ruger and Sig.

 

[zombeez]

i just bought a brand newsd40ve from academy sports, didnt see a spent shell casing, i was like what the hell this is a used firearm. ....... also, did you guys see black gunk by where the back of the casing touches the slide?