If you bought a non-optics ready CZ TS Czechmate or TSO and would like to install a red dot to it, we have a solution: CZ TS red dot mount.
What is red dot mount?
Red dot mount is a metal device that allows you to use a red dot on your CZ pistol without having your slide cut for it.
It works as a replacement of a rear sight in the dovetail cut or as a replacement of thumb rest if your TS Czechmate or CZ TS Orange came with such from factory.
How to install it
Installation of dovetail mount is very similar to installation of rear sight.
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First of all you need to unscrew the fixation screws of your current rear sight and push the rear sight out
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Then you will have to clean the dovetail cut and ideally also lubricate the touching surfaces.
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After that you will push the red dot mount into the rear sight dovetail cut and fixate it with the fixatoin screws [if the type of mount has such]
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Once the mount is firm in its place, you can install a red dot to it.
Unless you have professional rear sight pusher, or have good experience with replacing rear sights already, we strongly recommend to visit a gunsmith for this operation.
*For instlalation of side mount you only need to unscrew the screws holding the thumb rest and replace it with the side mount. Once in, you can install a red dot to it and you are good to go.*
Red dot footprint compatibility
As with optic plates for optics ready CZs, also red dot mounts require to keep in mind compatibility among red dot footprints.
The most popular footprint is Trijicon RMR, followed by Shield RMSc and Vortex Venom footprints. Before you go out to get any red dot mount, you need to check what footprint your red dot sight has. If you buy incorrect red dot mount, your red dot will not be compatible and you will not be able to install it. If you are not sure whether or not your red dot will work with some of the red dots on our website, just leave us an email at info@cz-parts.com, we will check for you and confirm.
Materials of red dot mounts
All the red dot mounts are made either of aluminium or steel.
For aluminium mounts you need to be extra careful not to use more torque than what is recommended. And although steel mounts feel more solid, we never had any issues with aluminium mounts except of cases when someone used too much torque for screw tightening.
For the aluminium mounts also work the better weight: aluminium mounts is simply lighter than steel mounts.
Side mounts vs dovetail mounts
If you have CZ TS model with thumb rest from production, you can actually decide between dovetail red dot mount and side red dot mount.
Side mounts are defintiely more elegant solution as you can then use a side racker instead of rear sight, and also equip the side mount with additional thumb rest, adding extra functionality to your TS 2.
Nevertheless, you can also go for the dovetail red dot mount which works as a replacement of rear sight. It will work 100% even if your TS 2 is equipped with the side cut for thumb rest from production which would otherwise allow you the use of side mount.
