When I was shooting IDPA regularly, I thought of it as, first, fun, and second, as practice. I really didn't care how competitive I was. I was there to improve myself with my carry guns. I usually shot my P90 or my P85 (also had a P95 for a while), but a couple of times I shot my little Kel Tec P11. Now, they don't get no smaller in 9mm, or much smaller, but the little gun is 3.5" at 25 yards accurate. I normally shot with the slower experts with my Rugers, finished in the faster Sharpshooters with the P11 when I shot it, just a little slower on target and the recoil is a little exaggerated in such a light gun which costs you time. It's the sight radius that causes you to have to take a little longer to get the sights on target. The long trigger didn't really bother me since I'm used to shootiing DA with revolvers and the little P11.
I don't own a Taurus autoloader, but if I carried one a lot, I'd certainly use it at an IDPA match. For one, it gets you used to the gun and gives you confidence with the gun when it functions flawlessly and you do well with it. I shot with and won local matchs with my P90 for years and now days it's my go to gun because I'm so used to it and shoot it so well, but mainly I have a LOT of confidence in the gun from all the match shooting. If someone tells you you're not going to be competitive, just say "so what?" If you're serious about the competition, most of the guys at the top of their class in the service pistol class are shooting Glocks. I don't like the idea of carrying "safe action" and Glock doesn't make a pocket sized gun in any case, so I don't own Glocks. I don't really care about being at the top of my class in IDPA, I just want to improve my skills with the gun I choose to carry. If I were so into the competition, heck, I'd probably be shooting enhanced pistol (1911) and crossing over into IPSC stuff, too. But, I don't carry a 1911, either. I'm a competitive kinda guy, but IDPA to me is a place to compete against myself so that I might improve my own skills. There's no money in it so why worry about beating anyone else?