Don't know if this has been posted before, but it looks like an amazing place:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyq90LEZe4k

Amazing, High-Tech Shooting Facility in Germany
Müller Schiess Zentrum Ulm

"Ulm Germany Shooting RangeAt most American shooting facilities, you’re lucky to have running water and an electrical hook-up. Those Germans, with their penchant for advanced engineering, have created an amazingly high-tech (and even luxurious) indoor shooting facility that is truly state-of-the art. The NRA is proud of its modern indoor range in Fairfax, Virginia, but the NRA range can’t hold a candle to the advanced Müller Schiess Zentrum Ulm (MSZU) facility in Ulm, Germany. This vast complex features an indoor benchrest range with video monitors, a full-sized trap/skeet hall, pistol ranges, and a “running game” hunting simulator that actually displays (in 3D view) the placement of your bullet strike in the moving animal prey. On top of this, the MSZU has a cafe, a restaurant, and a large shopping/retail facility.

Ulm Germany Shooting Range

We still prefer shooting outdoors, but for a country like Germany, where long, cold winters limit the opportunities for outdoor shooting, a deluxe indoor facility like this makes sense. German reader JPeelen adds: “The problem in Germany is not [just] the weather but density of population. Noise problems led to the closure of many outdoor ranges. Ulm is unique because it offers a 300 meter indoor range, not just 100 meters[.]” Overall, you have to hand it to the Germans for “raising the bar” to a whole new level. View the Müller Schiess Zentrum’s amazing facilities in the video below. The editor of The Firearm Blog wrote: “I have seen the future… and it is in Germany. If you don’t do anything else today, just make sure you watch this video.”

I am a regular visitor and it is an absolute state-of-the-art range. The opportunity to shoot indoor at 300m on a Saturday evening is highly appreciated.

Simply amazing ! Indoor skeet and trap, underground 300m range, pistol ranges, simulated driven hunts, 1000 m2 retail shopping, cafes and restaurants ! Thats the way to do it ! Well done Schiesszentrum Ulm !

Last year I was there at the 300m-range.
And yes the MSZU is the "state-of-the-art" range! The 300m range is amazing. My plan was to visit the range every month or so, but I have not the time at the moment....


Martin

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We still prefer shooting outdoors...

The problem is the population and the German nature.... "Really" long ranges, up to 1000m and more, are very, very rare in Germany. Mostly there´re at military shooting ranges. But just as the 300m military ranges, are the most usually not open for civilian users. Many old shooting ranges, that are nearby or even in the big cities, are usually implemented in an open design.
(Example: http://verein-hubertus.de/stande/)
The "building" complicates the use of these shooting ranges. In most cases the usage time becomes limited and also the approved ammunition. Many old gun clubs may so shoot only .22 lr ....
In addition, we have many guidelines. We have since two years now new guidelines for the construction and the use of shooting ranges. (http://www.dsb.de/media/PDF/Recht/Waffenrecht/Aktuelles/Richtlinien2012.pdf) And there is no grandfathering. The "concoction" contains 112 pages and has probably only the task, to eliminate all old shooting ranges .... And you know, "no shooting ranges, not shooting, and so there´s no need for gun owning..."
Our shooting range is from the 70s, retrofitted over again, but will probably be closed soon ....
To build a new shooting range, for example, is in an industrial area not a problem, if you stick to the guidelines. But the costs are enormous, the Mullerian range have cost 22 million euro ....