First of all, red dot sights and prism scopes are entirely different animals and should be considered separately.
Virtually all prism scopes are designed to be mounted on ARs, so they will not work well at all on the Handi-Rifle simply from a mounting standpoint.
Red dot sights come in a variety of mounts, but there are plenty of red dot sights that will work perfectly fine on the HandiRifle.
In the past, you had to spend quite a lot of money to get a reliable red dot, but nowadays quite a few moderately priced red dot sights seem to do well. One moderately priced sight I like is HiLux MM2. I've had one for a while and it is holding up quite well.
It looks like SWFA has it on sale right now: http://www.swfa.com/leatherwood-1x20-mm-2-digital-red-dot-sight.html - https://www.swfa.com/leatherwood-1x20-mm-2-digital-red-dot-sight.html , but you would need to add a low mount to it.
There are other of course. For example, several Holosun offerings will work well for you.
Now, that having been said, in terms of low light performance, red dot sights do not let you see the target any better. They do let you see the aiming point really well in all lighting conditions, so they are very good for speed. If you want to get a little help from the optic in low light, you should consider some sort of a low power magnified optic with eye relief long enough to clear the hammer.
The simplest choice is probably something like the Leupold FX-2.5 ultralight which is a fixed power 2.5x20 scope. It used to be available with a thick duplex that was excellent in low light, but some inconceivable reason, I only see it with a wide duplex right now.
Another good option is NikonMonarch 3 1-4x20: http://www.swfa.com/nikon-1-4x20-monarch-3-riflescope-106850.html - https://www.swfa.com/nikon-1-4x20-monarch-3-riflescope-106850.html
and Leupold VX-3i 1.5-5x20: http://www.swfa.com/leupold-1-5-5x20-vx-3i-riflescope-6.html - https://www.swfa.com/leupold-1-5-5x20-vx-3i-riflescope-6.html
Both of these have #4 reticle that are very good in low light. In terms of seeing your target, both of these scopes will help you a lot more than a red dot sight will.
If you are willing to go up in price a bit, this will walk all over everything else I mentioned so far in terms of low light performance, but it is probably an overkill for your rifle and applications: http://www.swfa.com/vortex-1-5-8x32-razor-hd-lh-rifle-scope.html - https://www.swfa.com/vortex-1-5-8x32-razor-hd-lh-rifle-scope.html
ILya
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