Loading aid of a firearm

A firearm comprising:

• a slide;
• a firing pin carried in a breech section of the slide;
• a firing pin spring having a rear end portion in a spring cap;
• and
• a loading aid having a first condition installed to the slide at a rear end of the slide and having:
• lateral regions (120, 130) protruding from respective sides of the slide in the first condition of the loading aid;
• and
• a central region between the lateral regions accommodated in a recess in the slide rear end in the first condition of the loading aid,
• wherein:
• the spring cap is accommodated in the recess in the central region under spring bias in a first condition of the spring cap;
• the central region has one or more holes through which the spring cap can be depressed to a second condition of the spring cap;
• and
• in the depressed condition, the loading aid can be slid out from the slide.

Loading aid (100) for a firearm, the firearm having a slide (200) and the slide having lateral faces (220, 230) and a rear end face (210), wherein:

• the loading aid projects beyond the lateral faces (220, 230) of the slide (200) and is attached in a region of the rear end face (210) of the slide (200);
• the loading aid comprises a panel (110) projecting beyond the lateral faces (220, 230) of the slide (200) and having lateral regions (120, 130) lying opposite one another and is introduced into a horizontally oriented recess (211) in the rear end face (210) of the slide (200);
• the panel has an upper edge (1101) and a lower edge (1102), the upper edge and the lower edge each having a step (1103);
• and
• the upper edge and the lower edge fit with the recess to allow lateral introduction and removal of the panel.