No, not the same animal at all Tac, they just look similar because they are designed for the same job. The Britarms was an excellent .22 semi-auto target pistol taking a 5 shot magazine, designed for shooting the UIT .22 precision events at International level. This British made pistol was effectively competing alongside FAS 602's, Walther GSP's, Hammerli etc. right up to the handgun ban.
The UIT centrefire precision matches, required a calibre of .32 or more. When I started competing I used a S&W K38, Mod 14. Although it was the single action only target version with handmade fitted grips, I soon realized it couldn't keep up with the specially designed .32 pistols. I then switched to a Pardini .32 which again looks similar to most of the other out and out target pistols - The pistol had to fit in the prescribed box, all had 5 shot magazines that would only accept full wadcutter ammo, very low sightlines etc.
When our pistols were confiscated, our competition shooting came to a dead stop. We were allowed muzzle loaders so the .32 Patriot pistol was designed to allow us to still compete in UIT competitions by conforming to the rules. It's a 5 shot UIT pistol in .32 calibre but is a muzzle loader.
The 5 shot magazine is pre-loaded and fits across the action. It's advanced for each shot by manually racking back the action. The UIT course for the duelling phase has the targets face away for 7 seconds and face for 3 seconds, plenty of time to rack the action and be ready for the next face.