Some of your questions are answered in my original post. Since I am referring to CCW, then you know that your "Both guns in hand..." question is irrelevant, since it does not fit the criteria. Leaving out so many variables is totally intentional so as to uncloud the issue and make the respective guns the only significant variable. Your questions make me think you are not familar with this methodology. I suggest you read about the scientific method and your questions will be answered about what "all else being equal" means. This is to make the difference in the guns the meaningful variable. What do I mean by deployment? The firing of the first shot is completion of the deployment, that seems quite clear, no? What am I trying to say? How about this: I see a lot of talk here about which gun, caliber, and load "should" be used without much heed to how quickly the first round(s) may be fired. I sometimes wonder if, all else being equal, (skill of shooter, reaction time, awareness, concealment method, etc.) if some Beretta 92FS shooter using Cor Bon 115's @ 1350 fps (me) is going to find himself stitched up with 2 or 3 .22LR shots from somebody with a Beretta Bobcat or .32ACP Tomcat.
My post was not carefully read, all this talk about bets and holsters misses the point. Dwight, nice post, but you are one of several who introduced a new variable, that is not the point at all. One person using the open hands at his sides start and the other with a gun in his pocket now makes a variable more important than the guns, not what the question was about. But, I'll agree, the guy with the pea shooter in his hands hsa an advantage over the guy with the .45 in his pocket. See what I mean?