OK, some useful suggestions. Thank you!
Reloading time doesn't matter in the score, and a tube feed is manageable, though it might hold up the other shooters, waiting on me to get ready to fire. I had thought of getting a piece of aluminum tubing and using it as a "speed loader", like the aluminum arrow suggestion....earplug in each end, diagonal cut on the rim end. Yeah, a detachable magazine would be better.
The pins are about 12 yards away. For 22 night, they cut the tops off the pins and shoot at those, so a 22 has enough power to knock them off the table, but of course they are harder to hit.
Maybe the 10/22 is the right answer. Seems like only day before yesterday that you could pick one up for $179 if you watched the sales. I should probably try it once with my wife's gun, and see if I like it. First time for 22 night will be a learning experience.
The Ruger PC9 was a blast on PCC night.
