Holosun HE407K X2 Green Dot Powerful 6 MOA Subcompact Sight

Description

The Holosun HE407K X2 Green Dot is the sub compact member of the 407 family: a 6 MOA green dot, no ring, no menu, in a one ounce housing built for a K footprint slide. Part HE407K-X2-GR.

Six MOA Is The Point, Not A Compromise

A 2 MOA dot is the fashionable answer, and the Holosun HE407K X2 Green Dot deliberately ignores it. Two MOA is the wrong size for most carry guns. Two MOA is small, which is excellent for a group at twenty five yards and slow to find on a fast draw from concealment with a subcompact pistol in your hand.

Six MOA covers roughly six inches at a hundred yards and an inch and a half at twenty five. That is still well inside the vital zone at any realistic defensive distance, and the larger dot catches your eye far faster on presentation. The Holosun HE407K X2 Green Dot is built around the honest observation that a carry pistol is a speed tool, not a precision instrument, and it sizes the reticle accordingly.

Green At 540 Nanometres

Holosun publishes the wavelength of the Holosun HE407K X2 Green Dot, which is unusual and useful. At 540nm the emitter sits almost exactly at the peak of human daylight sensitivity, so the reticle reads brighter to your eye than a red one drawing the same current.

In practice the green dot on the Holosun HE407K X2 Green Dot holds contrast against dirt, brush, tan walls and wood, the backgrounds where a red reticle quietly disappears. Ten daylight brightness settings plus two night vision settings give you the range to match it to anything from a snowy parking lot to a dark hallway.

One Ounce, IP67, 5000G

The housing is 7075 T6 aluminum, hard anodized, and the whole sight weighs one ounce in a body measuring 1.6 by 0.98 by 0.95 inches. On a subcompact slide that matters, because every ounce you add above the bore changes how the gun tracks.

The Holosun HE407K X2 Green Dot is rated IP67 for water and dust and tested to 5000G of vibration resistance. IP67 means full dust exclusion and immersion in a metre of water. Those are not marketing adjectives, they are measured standards, and they tell you this sight is expected to live on a gun that gets carried rather than one that lives in a case.

Shake Awake, Lockout And A Side Loading Tray

Three features on the Holosun HE407K X2 Green Dot exist purely because it is meant to be carried. Shake Awake powers the dot on when the gun moves and shuts it down when it sits, which is how a CR1632 reaches 50,000 hours at brightness setting six.

Lockout mode on the Holosun HE407K X2 Green Dot disables the buttons so a holster, a seatbelt or a car seat cannot change your brightness without you knowing. And the battery tray loads from the side, so a fresh cell never requires unbolting the sight, never disturbs the mounting screws, and never puts your zero in question.

K Footprint, So Check Your Slide

The Holosun HE407K X2 Green Dot uses the Holosun K footprint, the same pattern as the RMSC cut found on most micro compact optics ready pistols. The window measures 0.58 by 0.77 inches, adjustments move 1 MOA per click across a 30 MOA range in each direction, and the system is parallax free with unlimited eye relief at 1x.

Micro compact slide cuts are less standardized than full size ones, so confirm your pistol is cut for a K or RMSC pattern, or plan on the correct plate. Manufacturer data is published at Holosun.

Getting The Most From The Holosun HE407K X2 Green Dot

Zero at fifteen or twenty five yards depending on how you actually use the pistol. A carry gun rarely gets shot past fifteen, and zeroing there puts the dot exactly on the hole at the distance that matters most. Twenty five is the better choice if the same gun sees range work and competition.

Then resist the urge to run the brightness at maximum. A 6 MOA dot pushed to full output blooms into something closer to ten, and you give away the precision you paid for. Set the Holosun HE407K X2 Green Dot one click above the point where the dot is clearly visible on your target and it stays a clean, round 6 MOA.

Finally, use the lockout. It takes a moment, it is reversible, and it removes the single most common complaint people have about carrying an optic: discovering at the range that something in the holster turned the brightness down to nothing three weeks ago.

Specifications

• Model: Holosun HE407K-X2-GR
• Reticle: 6 MOA dot
• Reticle color: green, LED at 540nm
• Window size: 0.58 x 0.77 inches
• Magnification: 1x, parallax free, unlimited eye relief
• Adjustment: 1 MOA per click, plus or minus 30 MOA range
• Battery: CR1632, 50,000 hours at setting 6
• Brightness: 10 daylight settings and 2 night vision settings
• Housing: 7075 T6 aluminum, hard anodized, black
• Waterproof rating: IP67
• Vibration resistance: 5000G
• Weight: 1 oz
• Dimensions: 1.6 x 0.98 x 0.95 inches
• Footprint: Holosun K
• Features: Shake Awake, lockout mode, side loading battery tray
• UPC: 810047071372

Who The Holosun HE407K X2 Green Dot Is Built For

• Micro compact carry guns cut for a K or RMSC footprint
• Shooters who want the dot found fast rather than sized small
• Anyone who has lost a red reticle against a warm colored background
• Carriers who want lockout so a holster cannot change settings
• Owners who refuse to break zero to change a battery

Ordering

We are a family owned FFL dealer in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Tell us which pistol you are mounting to and we will confirm the footprint with you before anything ships, because a sight that does not fit helps nobody. The rest of our optics selection is worth comparing against if you are still deciding between a bare dot and a circle dot reticle.