Transitions are important for all shooting categories/styles.
The ability to shoot pistol either hand, allows the shooter to set up for transitions and also minimize their movement on the stage.
These small amounts of time (fraction of a second) are accumulative over 12 stages and can be the difference between a 1st place win and a 2nd place win.
1st place Duelist and 2nd place Duelist at Winter Range (National Championship) was 1.18 sec (0.10 sec / stage) in 2019.
Build the biggest "toolbox" you can as a shooter.