it comes down to what you want to shoot. What Pancho said, with a lot of clubs, SASS has become a speed sport. Be it as it may, my most difficult task before going to a match is to decide what persona I want Pappy Myles to be and time period. I have been very fortunate to have been able to amass quite a collection. (I need to join GBA!! - gun broker anonymous) I have pistols in 45 colt, 44-40, 38/357 and 32 H&R. If I feel like a tofu buger (spit spit) and skipping from the parking lot to the range (I love that comparison - good one Pancho!) I'll take out the 38's or even the 32's. I love the banter about the mouse guns and taking up for the underdog. It does provide a little comic relief. Or if I want to be obnixious, I take out the big SS OM Vaqueros with the 7 1/2 barrel in 45 colt and shoot black, or my old armies. I've come to the conclusion, even with the 38's I'll never be the fastest, (esp when you see a buckaroo shoot a clean match as he empties both of his 6 guns in the time it takes me to pull the 1st one out of the holster), but I can have the most fun with what I shoot!
And I do love the big bang, clang. and recoil that a 45 or a 44 makes. To bad a lot of clubs no longer have reactive targets that take a solid hit from at least a 200 grain bullet.