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Order online, pick up at a licensed dealer in Howard County. Kokomo is the Howard County seat and an automotive parts town, with Stellantis transmission plants and a long list of local firsts from the early car industry. Wildcat Creek runs through the middle of the city.
Pick an FFL dealer near you that accepts shipped transfers and name it at checkout. We confirm their license and ship the firearm to them. Ammunition, optics and parts ship straight to your door where Indiana law allows.
Indiana has no permit to purchase, no firearm registration and no state waiting period. At a licensed dealer you show photo ID, fill out ATF Form 4473 and the dealer runs a federal NICS background check before you take the gun home. Federal law sets the dealer minimum at 18 for rifles and shotguns and 21 for handguns. An Indiana License to Carry a Handgun does not replace the NICS check at the counter. Private sales between Indiana residents need no state background check, but it is a crime to sell or give a firearm to someone you know cannot legally have one.
Dealers in these communities all work for Kokomo-area buyers:
Since July 1, 2022 Indiana has had a permitless carry option: an adult who meets the proper person standard in state law may carry a handgun without a license, openly or concealed. The Indiana State Police still issue the License to Carry a Handgun, and both the five-year and the lifetime license have been fee exempt since 2020 and 2021. You apply through the state police portal, get fingerprinted and finish processing with your local sheriff or city police within 365 days. School property, secure areas of commercial airports and federal buildings stay off-limits, and private property owners may bar firearms.
The Department of Natural Resources runs one statewide deer season structure rather than unit-by-unit zones. For 2026-27 the youth season is September 26 and 27, 2026, archery runs October 1, 2026 to January 3, 2027, the firearms season runs November 14 to 29, 2026, and the muzzleloader season runs December 5 to 20, 2026. Deer reduction zones, in designated locations only, run September 15, 2026 to January 31, 2027. Legal firearms include centerfire rifles with a bullet diameter of at least .219 inch, legal handguns, 10 to 28 gauge and .410 shotguns firing slugs, and muzzleloaders. Hunter orange is required.
Howard County is flat grain ground on Wildcat Creek with deer concentrated in the creek timber and river bottoms. Mississinewa Lake north near Peru has a Department of Natural Resources archery range, and Wilbur Wright and Atterbury are the nearest firearm ranges.
The Wildcat Creek corridor gives the county most of its timber, and the Mississinewa and Wabash rivers with their reservoirs are twenty to thirty minutes north around Peru and Wabash.
The Department of Natural Resources runs public shooting ranges on fish and wildlife areas, state forests and reservoir properties across Indiana. Most are free and a few charge a small hourly or daily fee; eye and ear protection are required, users must be 18 or with an adult, and ranges close for weather and renovation, so call the property before you drive.
Source: Indiana DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife public shooting range list, September 2026. Distances are approximate; call or check the agency site before you drive out.
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Yes. Order here, name a licensed FFL dealer in Greentown, Russiaville, Tipton, Kokomo or anywhere in Howard County, and we ship the firearm to them. You fill out ATF Form 4473 at their counter and they run the background check.
No. Indiana has no permit to purchase and no firearm registration. You pass a NICS background check and complete ATF Form 4473 at the licensed dealer near Kokomo who receives your order.
No. Indiana has no state waiting period, so once the dealer's NICS check comes back as proceed you can take the firearm home the same day.
The Indiana State Police issue every License to Carry a Handgun. You apply online through the state police portal, get fingerprinted, then finish processing with the Howard County sheriff or your city police department within 365 days.
We ship every firearm to a licensed dealer near Kokomo that you choose at checkout. The dealer runs the background check and hands the gun over; ammunition, optics and most parts ship to your door.
Indiana has had a permitless carry option since July 1, 2022 for adults who meet the proper person standard in state law. The license is still worth having for travel, and school property and other posted places remain off-limits either way.
Indiana allows centerfire rifles with a bullet diameter of at least .219 inch, so .243, 6.5 Creedmoor, .270, .308, .30-06, .350 Legend and .450 Bushmaster all work on the farm-and-woodlot ground around Kokomo. Full metal jacket bullets are not legal for deer and you may carry no more than 10 of each cartridge type.
Each dealer sets its own fee, commonly $20 to $75. Call before you order to confirm the price and that they accept firearms shipped from an online store.
General information, not legal advice. Rules current as of September 2026. See our Indiana gun law overview and check with Indiana State Police Firearms Licensing Unit or a local attorney about your own situation.
