Clarification: XDm with a pinned 10rnd mag now banned?

[EVOIXGSR]

Title pretty much says it all. Can I now purchase an XDm in MD if it is sold with a pinned magazine that limits capacity to 10 rounds?

edited: changed XDs to XDm

 

[TyFromMD]

Title pretty much says it all. Can I now purchase an XDs in MD if it is sold with a pinned magazine that limits capacity to 10 rounds?

As far as I know, both the 9mm and 45acp XDs from Springfield come with factory magazine with a capacity less than 10 rounds anyway.

 

[EVOIXGSR]

As far as I know, both the 9mm and 45acp XDs from Springfield come with factory magazine with a capacity less than 10 rounds anyway.

I just edited my OP, sorry bout that. I ment to ask about the XDm.

 

[Hit and Run]

Why pinned?

 

[EVOIXGSR]

I didn't think they sold 10 round factory mags for a full-size XDm.

 

[Hopalong]

You can still buy any handgun regardless of magazine size (assuming you have your HQL or an exemption). If it only comes with 11+ round magazines, you'll simply have to buy the magazines separately out of state.

I believe that some dealers will even ship them to an out of state address for you, but don't quote me on that.

 

[jrumann59]

I believe the magazine has to be "permanently" pinned. IE it would take a great deal of effort to remove the pin without damaging the mag. There was guy on ebay selling 30rd mags converted to permanent 10 round mags for CA basically he epoxied the limiter in place so you could not remove the base to make it a 30 rounder again.

 

[jsm7977]

ive seen a well known dealer in MD simply open a BX25 mag and put a block in it and rescrew it shut and sell it just like that. lol

 

[AlpineDude67]

There is no 10 round version of the XDm. SA doesn't make/sell a California version.

So either buy the gun out-of-state and take the magazines home with you. Then transfer the gun naked into Maryland without any mags. Otherwise, you'll have to pay somebody to modify the mags if you want to take possession of them in Maryland. An FFL can receive the mags for you and do this. They aren't banned from receiving them inside Maryland - unlike you.

You are allowed to possess 10+ mags, and you are allowed to buy them out of state, you just cannot buy them in Maryland.

So buy in PA or VA, then transfer the gun. It will likely be cheaper than paying for 10 round mag conversions later.

Yes, this is stupid. It doesn't have to make sense. But it is the law.

You pay a transfer fee and waste some gas.

I own an XDm in 9mm and like it, btw. The only thing about it I don't like is the slightly high bore axis. But it is a rock solid, reliable gun. Easy to clean and certainly more accurate than I am.