The smell of oil and gunpowder hangs in the air as you step from the minivan into a fenced, concrete shooting range just outside Warsaw. Instructions are brisk, the instructors practised and precise; the station lights click on and targets slide into view. What begins as an introduction to basic stance and sight alignment quickly becomes a hands-on progression through five weapon types—short pistols, historic PPSz-41, submachine guns like the MP5 and UZI, and a belt-fed RKM-style rifle—each with its own recoil and rhythm.