Originally Posted by
Topgun 3006
According to the last couple sentences in item 10 of the above link, the DPW received so many negative comments that they are not going to push for the change, so it looks like it's dead in the water just as Parrot Head stated.
This is exactly why I recommended to a member awhile back to not get too excited about the proposed change and to just go get himself either an older T/C Contender or a newer T/C Encore and put a barrel for a rifle caliber on it. Handguns are legal and nothing in the laws of IN say they can't be in a rifle caliber. If you have such a handgun you can cleanly take deer out to more than 200 yards and you don't have to worry about the politicians getting stupid.
I've got an old T/C Contender with a barrel chambered in 7mm TCU which is basically a .223 necked up to 7mm. A handloaded 120 gr Nosler BT will tip over whitetails really nicely. Mine is topped with a 2X Leupold pistol scope.