P10c Optics Ready Slide

[RedDawn]

I’m thinking about adding an optic to my P10c. It is a daily carry so I’m not looking to go without it very long. I reached out to a local to me shop that said they don’t mill the P10c but if they did it would be 3-4 weeks. I looked up Jagerworks and pretty much the same timeline. I’m thinking I can either trade slides locally with someone who doesn’t use the optic ready slide for my standard or can I buy a new slide and install on my gun. Thanks for any insight help or links.

[Underwhere]

I’m thinking about adding an optic to my P10c. It is a daily carry so I’m not looking to go without it very long. I reached out to a local to me shop that said they don’t mill the P10c but if they did it would be 3-4 weeks. I looked up Jagerworks and pretty much the same timeline. I’m thinking I can either trade slides locally with someone who doesn’t use the optic ready slide for my standard or can I buy a new slide and install on my gun. Thanks for any insight help or links.

I always look for opportunities to justify buying a new gun.

I look at it this way:
Slide milling and shipping = $200
Refinishing and shipping = $100-140

You are also looking at being without your gun for at least 5-6 weeks if not more.

When you buy a new gun you get 2 mags with it (a value of $80).

So you can wait 6+ weeks without your gun, spending $340 to get it back

Or buy another one (optics ready) for $550 and get 2 more mags with it.

Basically go buy another one.

[BigBlack]

I’m thinking about adding an optic to my P10c. It is a daily carry so I’m not looking to go without it very long. I reached out to a local to me shop that said they don’t mill the P10c but if they did it would be 3-4 weeks. I looked up Jagerworks and pretty much the same timeline. I’m thinking I can either trade slides locally with someone who doesn’t use the optic ready slide for my standard or can I buy a new slide and install on my gun. Thanks for any insight help or links.

I was thinking the same thing but I've decide to just get the Optics ready gun

[Hammer Time]

I really don't understand why CZ isn't making every P-10 and P-07/09 that they produce optics-ready at this point.

You can always opt to not put an optic on it if you don't want. But being optics-ready makes things so much easier and less expensive.

[alp3367]

I really don't understand why CZ isn't making every P-10 and P-07/09 that they produce optics-ready at this point.

You can always opt to not put an optic on it if you don't want. But being optics-ready makes things so much easier and less expensive.

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 For every manufacturer I'm aware of that sells both optics ready and non optics ready versions of the same gun many more non optics ready guns are sold. And the non optics ready version is cheaper. Many (most?) customers that are not planning to mount an optic would rather save the $50-$100 and not get the optics ready version. While they are becoming much more common optics mounted on pistols are still a small percentage of overall guns out there.

[RedDawn]

I really don't understand why CZ isn't making every P-10 and P-07/09 that they produce optics-ready at this point.

You can always opt to not put an optic on it if you don't want. But being optics-ready makes things so much easier and less expensive.

Yes this ^^^^ IWI Masada has it set up that way. Use it if you want or keep the plate on it if you don’t. Their price here has been $440 - $500 new

[Hammer Time]

For every manufacturer I'm aware of that sells both optics ready and non optics ready versions of the same gun many more non optics ready guns are sold. And the non optics ready version is cheaper. Many (most?) customers that are not planning to mount an optic would rather save the $50-$100 and not get the optics ready version.

That's changing fast and I don't see the trend reversing any time soon. In a few years, we'll see as many optics on pistols and those without.

[s004kcg]

Once i got used to shooting red dots,  I prefer those to my guns with iron sights.  Especially as i get older, so much easier that iron sights .

[alp3367]

For every manufacturer I'm aware of that sells both optics ready and non optics ready versions of the same gun many more non optics ready guns are sold. And the non optics ready version is cheaper. Many (most?) customers that are not planning to mount an optic would rather save the $50-$100 and not get the optics ready version.

That's changing fast and I don't see the trend reversing any time soon. In a few years, we'll see as many optics on pistols and those without.

 That's very true and who knows what the future will bring. Though currently at the distribution and manufacturer level (at least the ones I'm aware of) there is a MUCH larger order volume for non optics versions of pistols that come in both types. But that may change somewhere in the future.

[Hammer Time]

That's very true and who knows what the future will bring. Though currently at the distribution and manufacturer level (at least the ones I'm aware of) there is a MUCH larger order volume for non optics versions of pistols that come in both types. But that may change somewhere in the future.

Yup. But I think that just looking at the distribution/manufacturing level is somewhat deceptive, and I'd argue that the industry is playing catch-up to market desire. There's a good reason why just about every professional slide milling service is backed up for months - people buying a non-OR pistol, then realizing they actually want an optic (or buying a pistol for which no OR option exists). If we were to add the number of manufactured OR pistols being sold, along with the number that are being converted to OR on an annual basis these days, I think it would offer a more complete picture of what that demand looks like.