INDIANA – Be sure to prepare for muzzleloader season, which runs from Dec. 3 – Dec.18.
Follow the regulations for firearms as you participate this year:
Muzzleloading rifle/shotgun
Barrel caliber: .44” minimum Bullet diameter: .357” minimum
- powder and bullet loaded from muzzle and single bullet*
- saboted bullets permitted
- multiple barreled guns permitted
* can have powder loaded from the breech end only during the youth and firearms seasons
Muzzleloading handgun
Barrel length: 12” minimum, measured from the base of the breech plug (excluding tangs and other projections to the end of the barrel, including the muzzle crown)
Barrel caliber: .50” minimum
Bullet diameter: .44” minimum
• loaded from muzzle and single shot
