Optics ready plates

An optics ready pistol leaves the factory with a pocket in the slide and a cover plate on top. The cover closes the cut but does not hold an optic. A plate takes its place and gives the red dot a seat that matches both the slide and the screw pattern of the optic.

What a plate gives you

No milling, because the cut is already there. A low optic, because the plate sits in the pocket and keeps the dot close to the bore. A solid hold, because a plate made for your slide sits without play or tilt and keeps the zero as the slide cycles. And free choice of optic: pick the dot first, then the plate for its footprint.

The footprint decides the optic

Every red dot has a footprint, the pattern of screw holes and recoil lugs on its base. A plate is made for one footprint or a few, and any optic built to it fits, whatever the brand. Our plates cover the Trijicon RMR, Shield RMSc, Leupold DPP, Docter, C-More RTS, Holosun K-series and 509T, Aimpoint Acro and A-CUT, and Vortex Razor patterns. Where a title shows a type letter, read the footprints in brackets; the letter is only a name.

The slide decides the plate

Each maker cuts slides its own way, and cuts change between generations. The Walther PDP 1.0 and PDP 2.0 take different plates, as do the Tanfoglio Stock 2 Optic before and after 2022 and the Glock MOS gen.6 against earlier MOS slides. Choose your exact model first. A few plates carry a machined rear sight, for the CZ Shadow 2, Dan Wesson DWX, Springfield 1911 DS Prodigy and Sig P320, so you keep an iron sight behind the optic.

Plates are sorted by brand: Optics ready plates for American Precision Firearms, Optics ready plates for Arsenal Firearms, Optics ready plates for Beretta, Optics ready plates for Browning, Optics ready plates for Canik, Optics ready plates for CZ, Optics ready plates for Dan Wesson, Optics ready plates for FB, Optics ready plates for Glock, Optics ready plates for HK, Optics ready plates for HS Produkt, Optics ready plates for Kimber, Optics ready plates for KMR, Optics ready plates for Phoenix, Optics ready plates for Ruger, Optics ready plates for Sig, Optics ready plates for Smith & Wesson, Optics ready plates for Springfield, Optics ready plates for Tanfoglio and Optics ready plates for Walther. They come from 2BME, Toni System, Eemann Tech, KMR, Evo Arms and Phoenix in Europe, from Beretta, CZ and Walther, and from Impact Machine, Outer Impact, EGW and Night Fision in the USA. Some optics, such as the Holosun SCS models, sit directly in one maker's cut with no plate. No cut at all? Then you need Red dot mounts.

Frequently asked questions

Does an RMR plate only take Trijicon optics?

No. It takes any red dot built to the RMR footprint, from any maker.

My Walther PDP is from 2021. Does a PDP 2.0 plate fit?

No. The 1.0 and 2.0 cuts differ and each has its own plates.

Will my factory sights show through the optic?

Usually not, because the dot sits above standard sights. Taller co-witness sights stay visible through the window as a backup.

Where are you located?

We are BITZU, s.r.o. in Jaroměř, Czech Republic, and ship from there to customers across Europe and beyond.