The costs associated with building an indoor shooting range can vary widely. Key factors such as range size, allowed calibers, and throughput will always influence the final price.  A quality indoor range that prioritizes safety and health will require a substantial investment, particularly when considering the full cost of transforming a vacant lot or out-lot into a functional training facility. For a high-quality, safe, two-lane static indoor range, you should expect to spend between $230,000 and $500,000. If you plan to go larger—whether by constructing a stand-alone brick-and-mortar facility or converting a warehouse into an expansive training space—the project can easily escalate into tens of millions of dollars.

 

Safety is Priority Number One

Mike Hansen, a veteran project manager at MILO Live, a leading designer of state-of-the-art shooting ranges and live-fire training systems, offers a realistic perspective on the costs of building an indoor shooting range. Mike notes, “When you hear someone claim it’s possible to build an indoor shooting range for $10,000—at that price, I don’t think you’ll even get started with shooting stalls, let alone downrange armor, bullet traps, or air handling systems. It’s simply not a cost-cutting endeavor.”

Hansen frequently encounters ranges that may look appealing and include attractive features but fail to meet essential health and safety standards. Ballistic containment is obviously a critical safety concern for any indoor shooting range. However, it’s equally important to recognize the risks of significant lead dust exposure that can occur with regular use of these facilities, potentially leading to elevated blood lead levels for shooters, workers, range operators, and visitors alike. According to Hansen, air handling is a close second to ballistic containment in terms of importance for health and safety, but it’s often overlooked.

“Air handling and ballistic containment are non-negotiable because both are life safety issues. Everything else is secondary. Unfortunately, very few ranges truly meet OSHA’s requirements for air handling,” Hansen emphasizes.

 

Ready Range Indoor Shooting Range Modules: The Drop-In Solution

MILO Live’s Ready Range line of modular indoor shooting ranges is specifically engineered to ensure life safety, offering comprehensive solutions for ballistic containment, lead capture, bullet traps, acoustic dampening, and air handling.

“That’s where the Ready Range is unique,” explains Hansen. “You’re basically standing in the middle of an armored air duct that delivers clean air while carrying hazardous particulates away, which are then filtered through HEPA systems before being exhausted outside the building.”

Ready Range offers a modular, set-in-place shooting range solution designed to provide a safe and healthy training environment. The standard Ready Range module is 40 feet long and includes a common staging area with two lanes, each providing 21 feet of shooting distance. This “static range” configuration meets the requirements for most security and CCW qualifications.

For more advanced training, the Ready Range is also available as a “tactical range.” This version eliminates stalls and barriers and adds ballistic rubber tiles on the ceiling and walls, allowing shooters to advance safely downrange during tactical drills.

Hansen notes, “This basic modular range comes in many different variations, generally falling into one of these two styles. From there, you can upgrade with various finishes, advanced target retrieval systems, longer shooting distances, a MILO Virtual simulation system, and more.”

The Ready Range arrives ready to be set in place and connected to utilities. As a self-contained module with independent HVAC and HEPA filtration, it ensures proper air handling with laminar flow, guaranteeing a safe environment.

 

Experience Matters—Trust MILO to Exceed Your Expectations

“We’ve created some private ranges with very high-end aesthetics and lighting,” recalls Mike Hansen. “We’ve used acid-etched metal to mimic wood, installed viewing windows for spectators, and built custom storage areas for handguns, rifles, ammunition, and protective gear. All of what we do is custom and in-house. It’s impressive how many variations we’ve produced at the request of private buyers. But we also design many basic, utilitarian ranges,” Hansen emphasizes. “Easily a dozen or more weapons manufacturers have purchased these modules for their function fire ranges. That same module is also used in many ballistics labs by police departments across the U.S. and Canada. Our modular ranges are present on five continents.”

Step Inside a Custom Ready Range

Health, safety, and comfort are at the core of MILO Live range design. Each indoor range includes integrated vertical “media-free” bullet traps and an independent HVAC system, including down-range laminar flow and HEPA filters to capture all lead particulate. Outside noise levels near most MILO Live ranges are just 8dB above ambient when firing a 9mm pistol, which is quieter than a whispered conversation.

Our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of quality has established MILO as an industry leader in range design. “We have over 180 range installations of various sizes, and we’ve built and shipped more than a thousand range modules,” says Mike Hansen. “We’ve been doing this for the better part of 20 years. It’s a proven design, one we know that makes for a safe shooting and working environment over the long term.”

Whether your needs are highly specific and custom, or you are looking for a straightforward drop-in firearm training space, call us today and allow us to put our expertise to work for you.