by rc42 » 03 Nov 2022, 8:58 pm
Both the 92X Performance and Shadow 2 are purpose built competition pistols, both are very good and the one that feels best in your hand is probably the one to go for, you really can't make a wrong decision either way. Speed and accuracy through a competition stage will come down to you rather than the pistol.
At club level both would be allowed for CSD or even service competitions as rules are very relaxed to help shooters try the different disciplines, if you get good enough to compete at high level you might want to get a specific pistol for each type of match.
For some other matches they are probably both poor choices, semi-autos and especially the 9mm caliber are just not accurate enough at 100m for serious Silhouette shooting and are near useless at 200m, revolvers are up to the job but single shot break actions like the Thompson Contender dominate silhouette competitions.
For target shooting, again the 9mm semi-auto is never seen above club level fun shoots, sure you can take part with one but don't expect to do very well.
Get a large safe and you should have the perfect pistol for each competition type when you reach around 15 handguns.