I hardly (if ever) do this, but I took a representative sample of a Baer, Wilson, Brown and Nighthawk (5" guns chambered in .45 Auto) to the range a few weeks ago and spent some time shooting them back-to-back. As close as they all are in terms of bells and whistles, there are in fact little nuances you can discern between them when you shoot them comparatively ..... but most (if not all) of the differences are fairly subjective in nature.
I remain personally convinced that Baer offers a lot of gun for the money and in my experience some really good deals can be readily found on new or like new guns at steeply discounted prices. I haven't found that to be the case nearly as often with the other brands.
