Bubba jumped the shark.
It is true that modern tech allows revolvers to be assembled without as much hand fitting. It is also true that hand fitting was required of the older revolvers because technology did not allow for the more precise clearances required to assemble and time revolvers consistently. It is not true that the hand fitting resulted in an inferior firearm.
Folks want to use cars and competition as an example, but they cannot be. If you want to compare apples to apples, then what they drive in NASCAR must be the best cars on the road. How many miles does a race car drive before it replaces its engines? Should we all drive with slick tires because that is what the most competitive drivers - and according to Bubba only they would be real drivers - use?
Shall I don football cleats because that is what real athletes wear? Ah, crap, wait, running shoes, no, wait, basketball shoes, no, wait, bike shoes, no, wait, ski boots...
I don't compete, so my foot wear needs are meaningless...I suppose I ought to go about bare-footed. My Keen's just aren't real boots because that is not what they wear in the Olympics, right?
Competitors use newer pistols because they wear parts out quickly and have to replace them. It is easier to replace parts on a new revolver than an older one. Sights also tend to be better. They don't use them because modern revolvers are the best revolvers, they use them because they are the best to keep running as parts replacement is easier. It isn't rocket science.
But, since Olympic competitors use single-shot 22lr's, then only real shooters, only serious shooters, shoot 22's, right?