My Evaluation of the Radetec SpeedShot performance and
Training System.
While at the Shot Show in Las Vegas Nevada, I had the
good fortune of meeting up with the folks over at Radetec. A few weeks later, they called and asked if I
would evaluate their SpeedShot as I had more than 20 years of experience working
with this concept. New toy, of course I
would try it out.
When the SpeedShot by Radetec arrived, they had sent
two. One of the SpeedShot’s fit for my
Beretta 92fs and one for my Smith & Wesson M&P 40 full size. They were both easy to install.
The model of Speed Shot for the Beretta 92fs featured a
digital numeric display.
The model for the Smith & Wesson M&P 40 featured
an LED display changing color as the round count dropped.
Both sets of grips were comparable in size to the OEM
parts and the quality of the polymer and rubber on them felt solid with good
workmanship. Any visible electronics on the underside of the grips was covered
with a black material for protection and insulation. The batteries in the units
had soldered contacts to eliminate chance of failure if the gun was dropped or
suffered an impact.
The installation on both was very straight forward and
went smoothly.
Installing the followers in my existing S&W magazines
was simple. I did notice the capacity in my Smith & Wesson M&P dropped
by one round as result of the new follower being larger than the OEM but for
me, that is an acceptable exchange for the feature of being able to have
indication when your gun is about to run dry. The blue polymer followers seemed
robust with high quality magnets to function with the system.
A magazine for my Beretta 92fs came with those grips but
the follower in that magazine was swapped into an existing 15 round magazine
for testing. The magnets do stick to the inside of the magazines but do not
seem to affect the function of the magazine.
Now it’s time for the evaluation. Will post more soon.
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