I have had a lot of fun shooting some modern steel plate shoots with single action revolvers. So long as reloads or more than 6 targets werent involved, i was doing OK time wise also. Not going to take home any prizes, but definitely not at the back of the pack. Id far rather use a single action revolver than 1911 for such things. Much more fun and interesting, semi autos for me seem like they require far more work to achieve a lower level of ability. Probably a product of my misspent youth and scads of 22 rounds shot through single action revolvers.
Ive long liked and used the single action revolvers as working or field guns. In the advent of geezerdom, since the single action revolvers are easier on the hands for a given chambering than a DA revolver, they have definite utility as defensive tools. faced with the choice of going down in power as the usual geezer gun plan seems to be, Id prefer to go down in reload speed and not lose the power. Some of my defensive concerns are still larger animals.