Sitter, I thought the same thing a few years ago and Der J is right. The only way to find out is to shoot with other shooters at local 3-D shoots for a starter. If you do well and can finish in the top 3 in your class then look for better compition. After shooting in a lot of local 3-d shoots for a couple years I shot NETAA last year. I finished 13th at the championship and will look to improve that this year. If I do well this year I'll try an IBO or some other national shoots next year. It's great fun and you meet some great people. There's another side to shooting in compition and it mostly deals with your head. Good luck. JERRY