Making It.

In my shooting competitions the top skill classification is called "Grand Master" (GM). To achieve this ranking you have to shoot 6 different skill tests with a score within 5% of the very best. In other words you need to be 95th percentile of everyone who is doing it. By the membership numbers that is about 2% of the people who compete. More people have summitted Mt Everest.

I usually shoot one or two of these skill tests, called classifiers, per month year round. And to make it a little harder they don't just take your 6 best of all time but only your 6 best of your most recent ones. Looking at my history for example you'll see that I've shot more than one 100% level classifier but they were long enough ago they don't count to my current classification percentage. (I'm paraphrasing this as it's a little more complex that how I describe)

I've always had the goal of making GM in the back of my mind. And now I get this tingling feeling I'm in another window of possibility to do it. This Saturday my local club is doing a classifier I know I can do 100% on. The following week in Tulsa they are doing 4 classifiers in one match giving me a total of 5 tries in just 2 weeks. If I can get 3-100$ runs in or 4 at 97% in I would make GM in Production. Cool!!!!!

The question is do I go for it in one concerted effort or let it happen more gradually? Am I ready for the added pressures and expectations of having a GM ranking?