I'm sure your wife won't mind. Advancing the cause of clean firing weapons and all.
Gummy ammo. Hmmm. Who'da thought? I like golden bullets a lot, much better than the Federal for this reason. CCI has come out with a new bulk .22 for the AR type of rifles. Seems to feed better than the goldens even. Still, if you can see your way clear, my recommendation (at least from my .22's point of view), go with the CCI Minimags when you want consistent feed performance. My Beretta Bobcat even likes them, but LOVES the hotter bullets even more. Tried the subsonics (bought a couple of 50rd boxes last visit to Cabelas). Everybody except the Bob fed/fired them OK. However, the claims that they were quieter didn't follow through in my experience. More expense, less performance. Good experiment, solid experience which won't have to be repeated.