New For 2025: CZ Shadow 2 Carry

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posted on May 28, 2025
CZ Shadow 2 Carry 01
Images courtesy of CZ USA.

CZ’s Shadow 2 line of pistols has taken the classic and groundbreaking CZ 75 and brought it into the 21st century with modern materials, re-designed ergonomics, an accessory rail and optics-ready capability, ready to take on a marketplace filled with polymer-frame, striker-fired options. The latest model to join the family is the Shadow 2 Carry, a handgun the company says was “born from sport, tailored for EDC.”

 

Left side of the CZ Shadow 2 Carry.
The CZ Shadow 2 Carry takes classic CZ75 characteristics and adds modern features, like an optics-ready capability.

 

The 9 mm Luger CZ Shadow 2 Carry has all the features the series is known for. Based around a forged 7075-T6 aluminum frame, its front and rear straps are checkered and a three-slot Picatinny rail is machined into its dust cover. The frame has been re-designed to have a shorter reach to the trigger and controls are re-positioned for easier accessibility for a wider range of hand sizes. Its double-action/single-action firing mechanism has a newly-added firing pin block for safety and a bilateral decocker. The Shadow 2 Carry’s 4” barrel is cold hammer-forged and comes with a lifetime warranty. Black Duralumin grips round out an all-black package.

Top view of the CZ Shadow 2 Carry, showing the optic cover plate on and off the slide.
The Shadow 2 Carry uses a direct-mount optic system with a Shield RMSc footprint.

The Shadow 2 Carry’s slide has front and rear serrations, and the pistol is optics ready with a direct-mount Shield RMSc footprint. Iron sights co-witness with a mounted optic and feature a luminescent three-dot sighting system. Magazines have a 15-round capacity, and two are supplied with each pistol. The magazine release button is reversible for right and left-handed use. 

Two CZ Shadow 2 pistols laid down on a black target and surrounded by boxes of ammunition.
The CZ Shadow 2 Carry takes the DNA from Shadow 2 competition pistols and puts it into an everyday carry package.

The CZ Shadow 2 Carry has an overall length of 7.5”, a height of 5.4”, a width of 1.5”, and weighs 30.7 ozs. It has an MSRP of $1,599. For more information, see the company’s website.

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