I agree. The Straw Purchase seems to be very similar to Obscenity in it's interpretation. "You know it when you see it."
I loaned my FiL some cash to buy a Marlin Model 60 at the 1500. He came intending to not buy anything and found something his father gave him as a boy that was sold off years...
This Rossi Wizard package has everything you need to hunt in IN on the cheap. It has a 12ga rifled and ported barrel, a 50 caliber muzzle loader barrel, and a 22lr barrel. Effectively 3 long guns in 1.
The 50cal and 22lr barrels have light rust frosting from storage, no pits and will clean up...
I'm gonna try to get my hands of some modern factory loads and get it out to stretch it's legs next weekend.
I don't reload at the moment, but I've considered getting into it for 6.5 already. 303 would definitely make sense now.