My thinking runs along those lines, though for an actual favorite I'd have to bypass my XPs and go for my Wichita in .308. I don't think people appreciate how wonderful the .308 is out of a pistol.Remington XP-100 ...
I'm in the same boat, plus my back gave up on position shooting (even Creedmoor) a while back. I think if I ever build another pistol for steel, it'll be an XP, center grip, in 6x45 or 6TCU with a fast twist for heavy bullets. With some glass, I'd just shoot Unlimited Standing.Yeah it's got a scope on it, my eyes gave up on open sights a few years back.
So kinda like behind the scenes things I've heard about LaDoucheSo many stories to tell...like how after SV's limited agreement to buy the plastic grips expired he was cut off from buying from STI so went through dealers buying in bulk and was caught. Changed the magazine catch on his (in this case, actually superior) 9mm/38 Super magazine bodies as to not fit the original STI pattern magazine release because he hated STI shooters using his magazines. Changed the extractor design and bragged about how superior it was...although "Team SV" (at the time) was using AFTEC extractors and was observed swapping them out after shooting the match (but before displaying their "superior" pistols in the vendor tent). Donated 5k worth of those way overpriced and rather inferior proprietary extractors as match sponsorship because they couldn't sell the darn things. The stories go back a ways Sandy is a very talented engineer and a horrible human being