Editing Shooting range (section)

==== Physical components ====
[[File:Shooting Room.JPG|thumb|An indoor shooting range with overhead target carriers]]
Some shooting ranges are equipped with shooting booths to provide shooters with a defined private area and to reduce potential hazard from misfires and prevent ejected cartridge cases from hitting/distracting adjacent shooters.  Shooting booths are made of partitions or panels which can be acoustically treated to reduce the [[health effects from noise|unpleasant effects of noise]] on surrounding bystanders.  The booths are sometimes equipped with communication or target-operation equipment; target or booth lighting controls; shelves for holding weapons and bullets, or to prevent shooters from going downrange; and equipment for practicing shooting from behind a barrier.  The firing line, usually marked red or orange, runs along the downrange edge of the shooting booths.  Some ranges have motion detectors that can set off an alarm when a shooter passes this line during shooting.

Target systems consist of a [[shooting target|target object]] and optionally a target carrier system and a target control system. Some ranges utilise [[electronic scoring system]]s which do not require paper targets to be placed downrange. Targets for indoor ranges are usually a paper sheet or piece of corrugated cardboard with a printed image, either a [[bullseye (target)|bullseye]] or a [[silhouette]].

Target carrier systems allow a range to operate more efficiently and safely by transporting targets between the firing line and the target line, so the shooter does not have to wait for a "ceasefire" and physically walk downrange to examine and set up the target. This is particularly useful on commercial and "self service" ranges. The target control system allows the range master to control the operation and movement of the targets through a central control station in the control booth. Some ranges provide local control modules that can be operated in the shooting booths.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> Many smaller clubs or competition ranges may not bother with target carriers as shooters fire in timed details anyway, and match targets will be collected for scoring at the end of each detail. Electronic scoring systems are increasingly common on such ranges, which eliminate paper targets and manual scoring.