I didn't notice that when I shot my friends SCCY. It does appear to stick out quite a bit in the pictures. My buddies was the first and only of this bred I have ever handled. The thing is allot of guns have the mag release in basically the same spot.
I have enough carry guns so I don't foresee a SCCY in the future. If I were looking for a reasonably priced carry gun I might consider getting one though.