A lot of the time, a more costly firearm doesn't translate to better scores or results. It does sometines, but skill accounts for most of it. An unskilled shooter won't make a costly gun a winner.

I smashed some steel at the range yesterday doing steel challenge.

Draw from holster on five eight inch sided steel targets with the last stopping the clock. The range was about 20 metres. I was clocking about 3.85 seconds from the beeper to stopping the clock, including the draw. I've not shot from the holster much lately for various reasons, but the muscle memory comes back quickly.