{"id":104636,"date":"2019-01-28T20:07:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T01:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=104636"},"modified":"2019-01-28T20:07:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T18:09:00","slug":"radetecs-smart-slide-shot-show-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/radetecs-smart-slide-shot-show-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Round-Count Display for Your Glock! Radetec&#8217;s Smart Slide &#8211; SHOT Show 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_104637\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104637\" title=\"Digital Round-Count Display for Your Glock! Radetec's Smart Slide - SHOT Show 2019\" class=\"wp-image-104637 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Round-Count Display for Your Glock! Radetec's Smart Slide - SHOT Show 2019\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-104637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A little bit of science fiction in 2019.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Let&#8217;s be honest, why don\u2019t we have laser pistols yet?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We are getting close to a quarter of the way through the 21st Century and it seems like comic books have lied to me through my youth.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>But there are incremental advances.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>One of these was evidenced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radetecusa.com\/\" campaign=\"RadetecSmartSlide2019\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">RADETEC<\/a> at SHOT Show 2019.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This year they introduced their Smart Slide.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is a high-tech replacement slide for your Glock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While it may not shoot lasers, it brings the way someone interacts with their pistol to a completely different level.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The Smart Slide has an integrated screen in the rear of the slide.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This screen displays different pieces of information depending on the setting.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_104638\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104638\" title=\"Digital Round-Count Display for Your Glock! Radetec's Smart Slide - SHOT Show 2019\" class=\"wp-image-104638 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Round-Count Display for Your Glock! Radetec's Smart Slide - SHOT Show 2019\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec3-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec3-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-104638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the display for a loaded chamber but no magazine inserted.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For starters, it will indicate if there is a round in the chamber.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It can also tell you if there is a magazine inserted in the gun.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>And going beyond that, the Smart Slide will even tell you how many rounds are left in the magazine.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Amazed yet?<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_104639\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104639\" title=\"Digital Round-Count Display for Your Glock! Radetec's Smart Slide - SHOT Show 2019\" class=\"wp-image-104639 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Round-Count Display for Your Glock! Radetec's Smart Slide - SHOT Show 2019\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec4-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec4-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-104639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The display indicates a round in the chamber and 16 rounds in the magazine.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The way the Radetec Smart Slide is able to do this is through, in part, the use of magnets.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The Smart Slide comes with a replacement slide for your Glock 17 with a built in screen, a new back strap for your pistol and (2) followers for your stock magazines.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>These followers talk to the slide in order to tell the slide if the magazine is inserted and if so, how many rounds are in it.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_104641\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104641\" title=\"Digital Round-Count Display for Your Glock! Radetec's Smart Slide - SHOT Show 2019\" class=\"wp-image-104641 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec6-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Round-Count Display for Your Glock! Radetec's Smart Slide - SHOT Show 2019\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec6-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec6-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec6-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec6.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-104641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here the pistol has a magazine of 17 rounds inserted but no round in the chamber.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The unit also acts as a shot counter.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Keeping track of the rounds fired through the pistol.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>While this may not be important for many people, it becomes really important for departments or ranges where a strict maintenance schedule is adhered to.\u00a0 The battery last for 8 hours continuous use or 1 month of standby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What are my thoughts on this technology?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I like that it is pushing the envelope in firearms technology.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Do electronics create an additional failure point?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Absolutely, and you saw that as the main argument for red dot optics when they were first introduced to carbines back in the day.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I think with time this type of technology will find its way into more and more firearms in a less obtrusive and more inexpensive way.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_104642\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104642\" title=\"Digital Round-Count Display for Your Glock! Radetec's Smart Slide - SHOT Show 2019\" class=\"wp-image-104642 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec7-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Round-Count Display for Your Glock! Radetec's Smart Slide - SHOT Show 2019\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec7-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec7-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec7-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec7-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/radetec7.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-104642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As the technology becomes more common I expect it to shrink in size and come down in price.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radetecusa.com\/\" campaign=\"RadetecSmartSlide2019\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">The Smart Slide<\/a> will be available Q4 for around $1,000 (MSRP).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>That includes the Smart Slide, new back strap and (2) magazine followers.\u00a0 Pretty cool, right?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It will indicate if there is a round in the chamber.\u00a0 It can also tell you if there is a magazine inserted in the gun.\u00a0 And going beyond that, the Smart Slide will even tell you how many rounds are left in the magazine.\u00a0 Amazed yet?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":104640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1330,1451,1099],"tags":[110,132,329,301,1439],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-104636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-ivan-loomis","9":"category-shot-show-2019","10":"category-shot-show-archive","11":"tag-accessories-2","12":"tag-buzz","13":"tag-edc","14":"tag-glock","15":"tag-shot-show-2019"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Digital Round-Count Display for Your Glock! 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