It also depends on the type of shooting you do. We do a lot of IPSC high speed stuff, a Mark II won this year but he has 30 years experience. I placed 5th in my first year with a 22/45, mainly on the mag release speed factor.
I would like to mention that The Browning Buckmarks kept jamming while my Ruger would eat all the $10.00/550 round Remington I could get my hands on.