Just Picked Up the M&P® 22X™? Here’s What You’ll Notice Fast

Smith & Wesson® released the M&P® 22X™ in July 2025, and it didn’t take long for people to start putting serious rounds through it.

It’s a fun gun. Easy to shoot. Great for the range.

But after a couple mags, something becomes obvious…

Loading it over and over kinda sucks.

The Part Nobody Talks About

When a new firearm drops, everyone talks about:

Accuracy
Feel
Reliability

What they don’t talk about?

The repetitive stuff.

Loading mags. Again. And again. And again.

At first, whatever.
By your third or fourth session? Different story.

Most People Just Deal With It (You Don’t Have To)

Here’s what usually happens:

You use your thumbs → gets old fast
You grab a “universal” loader → it sorta works… kinda
You adjust your grip every few rounds → slows everything down

It’s not broken enough to complain about.
But it’s annoying enough to feel every time you shoot.

The Real Issue Is Fit

This is where most people miss it.

Magazine loading isn’t about strength—it’s about alignment.

If the tool doesn’t line up clean with the mag:

You fight it
You reposition constantly
You waste time

That’s exactly what happens with generic loaders trying to fit everything.

Why Some Loaders Just Feel Better

When something is built specifically for a magazine, you notice it immediately.

It sits right
It moves clean
It just… works

No adjusting. No guessing. No friction.

That’s the difference between something designed for your gun vs. something trying to cover 50 others.

The Advantage Right Now

The M&P® 22X™ is still new.

Which means:

Not many purpose-built accessories exist yet
Most people are still using whatever they already had
The market hasn’t caught up

That’s always the gap—right after release.

And it’s usually where the biggest improvements come from.

If You Shoot a Lot, This Matters More

If you’re just loading a couple mags here and there, you can ignore all of this.

But if you:

Run drills
Bring multiple mags
Stay at the range for a while

Then loading speed and comfort start to matter way more than you expect.

There’s a Better Way to Load It

If you’re already feeling the friction, you don’t need to “get used to it.”

You just need something built for the magazine you’re actually using.

The SPEED BEEZ® loader for the M&P® 22X™ was designed to take that annoyance out of your range time—so loading is quick, smooth, and consistent every time.

No adjusting. No fighting it. No wasted motion.

Check out the M&P® 22X™ loader here and see how it’s supposed to feel.

Bottom Line

The M&P® 22X™ is solid.

But like most new platforms, the accessory side takes time to catch up.

You can wait…

Or you can make your range time smoother now and stop fighting your mags every session.