A few years ago, I decided that I was going to make a go of improving my steel shooting over the next year. I had 2 guns that would be appropriate. One was a Dan Wesson Pointman 9, 9mm 1911. It spent some time at the CZ custom shop and was a gorgeous gun. At 21 ft, slow fire, it would put 5 shots in 1 hole if I didn't screw up.
The other was a plain old G34 with a 3# striker spring (stock is 5.5#) and a fluff and buff on the stock internals.
The DW with its hand checkered Coco Bolo grips was pure sex. It felt good just to hold. It was more accurate. It had a better target trigger.
But when push came to shove and I tried to balance speed and accuracy either shooting steel or IDPA targets on the clock, I shot the G34 better.
A test between my G34 and my M&P 9 went the same way. the M&P has an ergonomically wonderful grip. But it didn't matter. I shot the Glock better.