I don't disagree with you, H and I'm sure that I can't hold a candle to you in terms of proficiency...and I say that with all due respect and modesty, not to blow smoke.
In the instance I was referencing, the reason that the discussion with the instructor got heated was because he felt I could have shot a max or near max score if I had taken the time allotted. However, my thing during my years on the job was always to be the first one to break leather and put rounds on the target. And for most years of my career I was always that guy. When the scores were tallied I was never the top score but I didn't care. I only cared that if it was a gunfight I won because I shot first and got my rounds on target in vital areas if not in a particularly small group.
I don't have any illusions about being anything special in terms of my current, (or even past), abilities but I'm working on getting back to something closer to where I was in years past.