UPhiker,
You are correct in regards to being able to get a carry conceal permit in a state that has magazine restrictions, from what I can gather is that's a snow balls chance in hades for citizen to get cc.
Thus I am thinking along similar lines as you, get a handgun that was designed only to have 10 round capacity (or less) rather than carry reduced rounds for those intended for more rounds.
From google searches, I can't find any IDPA, USPSA, etc type shooting matches around here anyways.
