Hi Adam
In a nice comfy stable position the lock time is less important, but when your at a 10m shoulder to shoulder, every millisecond can count and having shot many pistols over the years, you can tell the difference. The Rohm in particular seems to take forever to release the shot. Much of this is down to the trigger set up which you can't expect to be the same as a pistol costing twice or more as much. IMO if you're going to spend out on a decent pistol, you need to go from an entry level to a match grade pistol in one move. I'm not advocating this for back garden plinking or even HFT but ask any seasoned 10m pistol shooter what they use or would prefer to use and I doubt many would opt for anything less that a quality PCP.
The same applies in particular to FT and to a lesser extent in HFT. The quicker the lock time, the faster that pellet is heading into the kill zone. There's a measurable difference to my EV2 and any other rifle i've got. I miss far more targets with the "basic" rifles than I do with the EV when taking kneelers or standers or even on a windy day.
I wonder how many MK3 owners would go back to a "standard" rifle?
Its the samer old thing though with any gun, pistol or rifle. You always think you've got the best until you try someone elses more expensive gun.
Why I even thought my Drulov was the bees knees when I got it
Cracking pistol for HFT but nowhere near the grade for 10m.
Bob