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Indiana Grenade Launcher Laws
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henktermaat
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As an expensive hobby goes, boy that would be so much fun... 
As far as I know, grenade launchers (Destructive Devices) are not regulated by Indiana statutes. However, (and this is the fun part), the launcher is an NFA item and needs a $200 tax stamp. EVERY ROUND is also a DD and requires its own tax stamp as well. Some launchers can launch chalk or smoke rounds. Those rounds are not DD's and don't require stamps.
You can expect to pay around $125 for each M576 buckshot round (plus the tax stamp), or around $25 each for smoke/chalk.
This site might interest you if you're looking to buy:
AUTOWEAPONS.COM
You can expect to pay around $125 for each M576 buckshot round (plus the tax stamp), or around $25 each for smoke/chalk.
This site might interest you if you're looking to buy:
AUTOWEAPONS.COM
shooter521
Certified Glock Nut
Large bore Destructive Devices (i.e. street sweepers, mortars, etc) are not, but explosive Destructive Devices (i.e. grenades, bombs, etc) are prohibited by state law.
IC 35-47.5-2-4
"Destructive device"
Sec. 4. (a) "Destructive device" means:
(1) an explosive, incendiary, or overpressure device that is
configured as a:
(A) bomb;
(B) grenade;
(C) rocket with a propellant charge of more than four (4)
ounces;
(D) missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of
more than one-quarter (1/4) ounce;
(E) mine;
(F) Molotov cocktail; or
(G) device that is substantially similar to an item described
in clauses (A) through (F);
(2) a type of weapon that may be readily converted to expel a
projectile by the action of an explosive or other propellant
through a barrel that has a bore diameter of more than one-half
(1/2) inch; or
(3) a combination of parts designed or intended for use in the
conversion of a device into a destructive device.
(b) The term does not include the following:
(1) A pistol, rifle, shotgun, or weapon suitable for sporting or
personal safety purposes or ammunition.
(2) A device that is neither designed nor redesigned for use as a weapon.
IC 35-47.5-5-2
Destructive devices
Sec. 2. A person who knowingly or intentionally:
(1) possesses;
(2) manufactures;
(3) transports;
(4) distributes;
(5) possesses with the intent to distribute; or
(6) offers to distribute;
a destructive device, unless authorized by law, commits a Class C felony.
As added by P.L.123-2002, SEC.50.
For a 40mm launcher, this is true. However, 37mm launchers, for which no anti-personnel rounds are readily available, are sold as "flare launchers" and are unregulated.
If it's explosive/anti-personnel, this is true. And such rounds would also be forbidden by state law as mentioned above. However, 40mm inert/training/marking rounds are unregulated, as are fixtures like the "Beehive," which allow a 40mm grenade launcher to simultaneously fire 20-some rounds of .22LR...
If you're looking at dropping the coin on a real 40mm grenade launcher (DD), then LMT is the only way to fly.
Lewis Machine & Tool Company :: www.lewismachine.net
If you are willing to settle for a 37mm launcher, there are a number of manufacturers out there, and prices come WAY down.
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Yes, you can own grenade launchers in Indiana, they have to be registered as a destructive device (DD). HE grenades, however, are not available to civilians in Indiana. You can buy chalk, smoke or flare rounds and multi-shot .22lr rounds. Randy Shivak makes M203 grenade launchers and those are regarded as some of the best. Colt also made them, but they are more expensive than the Shivaks. A new company, I believe it was called HAVOC, was making a 37mm launcher that a lot of people were boring out to 40mm. Cobray/Ect. also made a 37mm M203 clone, but it's not safe to bore out to 40mm. There is also the USGI 40mm M79 if you wanted to go that route.
If all you plan on doing is launching flares and smoke and having something cool looking hanging on your AR, I'd just go with a 37mm. 40mm rounds are expensive and kinda hard to get, you can get a 26.5mm adapter and some Czech flares or smokes pretty cheap.
If all you plan on doing is launching flares and smoke and having something cool looking hanging on your AR, I'd just go with a 37mm. 40mm rounds are expensive and kinda hard to get, you can get a 26.5mm adapter and some Czech flares or smokes pretty cheap.
Pale Rider
Expert
Just curious... Why??
shooter521
Certified Glock Nut
40mm flechette round yes; 40mm to 12ga adapter, no.
I don't think that the flechette or buckshot rounds are DD's themselves, just HE rounds.
shooter521
Certified Glock Nut
VUPDblue
Silencers Have NEVER Been Illegal !
On review, I think you are correct.
yes he is! Lots of folks who have these 'roll their own' ammunition. I've seen the 40mm cases loaded with dowels, bouncy balls, potatoes, bean bags, confetti, you name it. I REALLY want a 40mm to round out my NFA collection (I don't have a DD) but I won't pay what LMT and Colt launchers are bringing.
CountryBoy19
Grandmaster
Ok, now I'm wondering. I hate it when my creative imagination goes to work and ends up costing me money.
How does a launcher work? Isn't it just like a big bore firearm? Trigger, sear, hammer, firing??, barrel etc.?
So in other words, it should be fairly easy to make your own, and use existing trigger/sear parts adapted from another gun.
Is it really that easy? Can DD's be made on a Form 1?
Also, I'm trying to understand this "beehive" round. I've always heard about it, but never knew what it was. So this is like an adapter the same size as a grenade round that goes into the chamber, then fires multiple .22 lr rounds out of multiple chambers? Wouldn't that constitute firing more than 1 round of ammunition with a single pull of the trigger?
Sorry for all the newb questions. DD's aren't something I've really had an interest in before, but this thread has piqued my interest.
How does a launcher work? Isn't it just like a big bore firearm? Trigger, sear, hammer, firing??, barrel etc.?
So in other words, it should be fairly easy to make your own, and use existing trigger/sear parts adapted from another gun.
Is it really that easy? Can DD's be made on a Form 1?
Also, I'm trying to understand this "beehive" round. I've always heard about it, but never knew what it was. So this is like an adapter the same size as a grenade round that goes into the chamber, then fires multiple .22 lr rounds out of multiple chambers? Wouldn't that constitute firing more than 1 round of ammunition with a single pull of the trigger?
Sorry for all the newb questions. DD's aren't something I've really had an interest in before, but this thread has piqued my interest.
Pretty much like a big shotgun. Given your machining/fabrication knowledge I'd say you could make one. I had one of the Cobray/Ect. 37mm launchers and it looked pretty simple. If you made a beefed up version of that you could easily do 40mm.
The .22 beehive rounds I've seen are 10 or 18 rounds, they look like one of the grenades with a bunch of holes in the tip. The firing pin hits a primer in the back of the round which has a striker for each .22 round. Not sure on why this doesn't constitute an MG, but I sure wouldn't want to stir the pot with that one.
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shooter521
Certified Glock Nut
Because the adapter consists of 10 separate, single-shot barrels, each with its own striker. It's basically like the old multi-barrel "pepperbox" pistols.
Ahh...makes sense, it's only firing once out of each barrel.
