We live on the Kentucky/Indiana border so I'm aware of the reciprocity agreement. My wife reminded me of something I had forgotten. She worked with an Indiana resident a few years ago who had her CCW permit and she claimed she had to register each handgun she might carry under the permit. Thankfully we don't have to do that here.
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grayroad, the lady was positively wrong. She probably believed that, but there's no way in hell she had to register any handgun. It happens anywhere - a newbie applicant shows up at the local LEA, & out of benign curiosity the CLEO asks to see the handgun (in the brand new pretty blue box), & trying not to chuckle asks "Is this the you're going to carry?" Then for the next ten years the CCW holder thinks the cop meant "that's what they have to carry."
You wouldn't believe how many people show up with their new shiny pistols in a box (well, maybe you would - you've probably seen it happen too). A lot of police departments don't even like people to do the new box thing, & will send them out to put it in the car.
If you're reapplying for zillionth time, they take it for granted you're carrying, & they never ask (unless you're "printing" like an idiot, or wearing a tact-thigh holster). In thirty years I've never been asked, & never met anyone who has.
I'm sure there are CLEOs who have written a serial # down before, but I've never heard of it happening here (yet). Indiana couldn't care less if you have a different pistol for every day of the year.
Except for Indy, & especially Gary (who DO have their own "Chicago style" laws!), it's a very pro 2nd state.