About Dragonman’s
Dragonman’s stands as one of the most distinctive recreational facilities in the American West, seamlessly blending a world-class military history museum with a full-service shooting range, paintball park, and motorsports track. Located at 1200 Dragonman Drive in Colorado Springs, this sprawling complex defies easy categorization - it’s simultaneously an educational institution, entertainment destination, and serious shooting sports venue, unified by the distinctive personality and passion of its owner.
The facility’s centerpiece is a military history museum that regularly appears in discussions of the world’s best private military collections. The archive spans from the Revolutionary War through modern Middle Eastern conflicts, featuring not just weapons and uniforms but complete operational vehicles, including tanks and military transport trucks. What distinguishes Dragonman’s museum from similar collections is the meticulous attention to historical accuracy and maintenance. Museum reviews specifically note that uniforms are dressed correctly, medals are from the appropriate campaigns, and weapons are maintained in pristine working condition. The Nazi and Holocaust exhibits demonstrate sophisticated curatorial judgment - addressing difficult historical subjects with appropriate gravity while providing genuine educational value. This balance between historical comprehensiveness and sensitive presentation has earned recognition even from professional museum curators and tour guides.
Beyond the museum, Dragonman’s operates a comprehensive shooting range facility that accommodates multiple shooting disciplines. The range supports full-auto rental options for visitors interested in experiencing automatic weapons under professional supervision, with knowledgeable staff like Josh and Carina providing detailed safety briefings and hands-on instruction. The facility caters to everyone from complete beginners to experienced shooters, with an operational philosophy centered on patient explanation and creating an accessible environment. The staff exhibits genuine expertise about firearms across all categories - handguns, rifles, shotguns, and specialty weapons - and consistently receives praise for treating nervous first-time shooters with the same professionalism extended to experienced competitors.
The paintball park component adds an additional entertainment dimension, offering varied terrain and obstacle courses that appeal to groups and families. The setup allows for capture-the-flag scenarios and team-based play across multiple fields, demonstrating thoughtful facility design for recreational enjoyment rather than purely tactical training.
What ultimately distinguishes Dragonman’s from typical shooting ranges is the distinctive identity created by the owner’s personal involvement and character. Visitors regularly mention Dragonman himself as a draw - a Brooklyn native and character who hasn’t lost his NYC humor even while curating one of the world’s finest private military collections. His willingness to occasionally show off additional collections (hot rod cars, Elvis memorabilia) to visitors in the right circumstances adds an element of genuine personality that transcends standard commercial operations.
The facility maintains a remarkable 4.7-star rating across over 2,000 reviews, reflecting both its popularity and the quality consistency across its diverse operations. The fact that this rating holds despite the complexity of managing multiple concurrent activities - museum tours, shooting instruction, retail operations, paintball coordination - speaks to well-developed operational systems and staff training.
Dragonman’s represents a unique category of recreational destination: serious about safety and education, ambitious in scope, historically significant, yet fundamentally animated by the genuine passion of its creator. Whether visitors come for the museum tour, shooting experience, group entertainment, or some combination thereof, the facility delivers an experience that extends well beyond typical commercial shooting range operations.