Under perhaps a different circumstance I would be all about more rounds ... but I was just thinking the last shooting session about how I always use the load assist button, and how easy the M&P22C mags are to load compared to other magazines (I have 8 mags for the 15-22 and they're all 10-round mags with the block tapped out because I moved to FL- they're impossible to load in any decent time w/o using an improvised helper - I use my John Deere Gator key inserted through the follower-block hole, to press down each time I load a round, much much simpler. Otherwise it takes 15 minutes to load the mags and 15 seconds to shoot them...) - even compared to my Remington and Savage rimfires, centerfire pistols, etc.
I also think the last round hold-open is a big feature, not necessarily an absolute must but, losing the load assist button AND the hold-open for 4 more rounds is not a bargain IMHO.
I will also wait until 10-rd mags become cheaper and therefore easier/more plentiful and/or extended mags become available. But thank you very much for sharing this option, which no doubt will be adopted by people gratefully on this board.
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