Slide assembly for a firearm, as well as an indicator for use in the slide assembly, and a firearm comprising the slide assembly, and a method for assembling the slide assembly

A method for assembling a slide assembly of a firearm, the method comprising:

• providing a slide;
• providing a barrel with a cartridge chamber;
• providing an indicator for indicating whether a cartridge may be loaded in the cartridge chamber, wherein the indicator has a first lever arm and a second lever arm, wherein the first lever arm has a cartridge butting area for butting against a cartridge which may be received in the cartridge chamber and wherein a pivot bearing for pivotably receiving the indicator in the slide is formed between the first lever arm and the second lever arm;
• wherein a barrel receptacle for receiving the barrel is formed in the slide and wherein an indicator receptacle for receiving the indicator is formed in the slide, wherein the pivot bearing has a first pinon a first side and has a second pinon a second side with respect to a transverse direction, and the indicator receptacle has a first pin receptacle and a second pin receptacle;
• inserting the indicator into the indicator receptacle so that the first lever arm extends in a longitudinal direction into the cartridge chamber and the second lever arm is turned away from the cartridge chamber and the first pin is received in the slide in the first pin receptacle and the second pin is received in the slide in the second pin receptacle.