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That's basically how I've picked out whatever handguns I have.
I decide what caliber I'm looking for, then I head off to the local shop and just put 'em in my hand. I usually disregard the real cheap stuff, for obvious reasons, then just decide by which one just seems to "sit on target", if that makes any sense.
Whichever make / model seems to point most naturally for me, which might be vastly different for you, that's the one I just know I'm going to be able to "naturally" hit with.
Of course, running a few hundred rounds a week at "paper zombies" doesn't hurt, either. But when I don't have to "fight" against the design of the weapon to keep it on sight, it makes it a whole lot easier to hit the X / 5 / 10 ring consistently.
My personal goal is to be able to keep, say 6 or so (depending on the weapon capacity) rapid fire and somewhere in a 6" or so circle, at 7 yards. Better is, of course, always better.
Once I can do that consistently, then and only then do I add it to my list of "carry guns". It's pretty much just all about trigger pull and sight alignment (particularly the front sight), anyway. So it doesn't seem to matter too much whether it's a 9mm, .38 / .357, .40, .45, or .44 (the most powerful I have. I don't have any hunting handguns like the S&W .500). I'm sort of "anti-hunting", for ME. Not that I condemn anyone else that likes to hunt, if that's their thing. It just isn't a big turn on for me.