CZ sub-compact…dot or Crimson Trace?

[J-Bar]

I’m a revolver guy. But I own a CZ 2075 RAMI P 9mm subcompact as my bedside handgun, and, occasionally, concealed carry. I have never put a red dot sight on a handgun. Most of the time I carry a S&W Model 60 with a Crimson Trace laser grip. Vision changes over the past few years lead me to consider some other sight for my CZ. Those factory tritium dots on the iron sights are a joke.

Should I pursue a Crimson Trace for my RAMI, or some kind of red dot? If red dot is your recommendation, which one?

Thanks for the benefit of your experience.

 

[sevt_chevelle]

How are you gonna mount the red dot?
Mill slide or run a dovetail mount?

A bigger dot like a RMR won't fit on a CZ slide without an adapter plate. A popular direct fit dot is the holosun 407K.

 

[Atavar]

I would vote for the CT grips. They don’t change your profile or holster. They also let you keep your iron sights in case of a battery issue.
IMHO red dot for an edc is not the best idea. Especially with vision issues finding the dot can take time and in a carry situation you want to get from holster to trigger in well under a second.
Red dot will also force you to change your holster and increase your printing.

 

[Jimfern]

I really like CT grips. They are very easy to use and quick to point on target.

 

[Rule3]

Kinda defeats to purpose of a SUB compact pistol.

Practice with it and you do not need electronic sights for SD range. (JMHO)

 

[I6turbo]

Ever since I got my first handgun with a rail, I will not have a HD handgun without a green laser. I have handguns with tritium sights, red dots, scopes, and lasers, but I'd much rather have a green laser for indoor HD. I find them much easier to sight with, especially in low-light conditions.

And there's another side benefit that is extremely important to me in the HD scenario. That is, you can keep the laser/POI trained exactly where you want it while maintaining 100% concentration on the target and what the target is doing. Given the fact that the decision whether or not to pull the trigger might be the single most important decision you'll make in the rest of your life, I'd want to be able to watch the target carefully, undistracted by lining up any type of gunsight that I have to look at or through.

For your RAMI I'd get the CMR-206 like on the P-01 in the upper right below.


Aside from potential HD use, I enjoy shooting guns with the laser. Even though I feel like I can see iron sights well (while wearing low-powered reading glasses) I can shoot groups with the green laser that are about half the size of my iron-sighted groups (I'm not a great shot with a handgun). Here's a target from the above P-01 at 11 yards back when I had the CMR-203 on it instead of the 206. Using the iron sights the spread of these 15 rounds would be probably 2x as big.