Holosun HS407C X2 Red Dot Great 50 MOA Solar Pistol Sight

Description

The Holosun HS407C X2 Red Dot is the 507C with the reticle menu removed. Same housing, same RMR footprint, same solar failsafe and the same generous 50 MOA of adjustment travel, but a single 2 MOA dot and nothing to select. Part HS407C-X2.

The Only Real Difference Is The Circle

People spend a surprising amount of time working out what separates the Holosun HS407C X2 Red Dot from the 507C, because the specifications are otherwise close to identical. Same 0.91 by 0.63 inch window, same 7075 T6 housing, same IP67 and 5000G ratings, same 1.5 ounce weight, same CR1632 at 50,000 hours.

The 507C adds a 32 MOA circle you can switch on. The Holosun HS407C X2 Red Dot does not have one. That is the decision, and it is worth making deliberately rather than paying up by reflex. A circle helps enormously while you are still learning to find the dot on the draw. Once that presentation is habit, the ring is just something in the window, and plenty of experienced shooters switch it off and never look back.

Fifty MOA Of Travel, Which The Cheaper Models Do Not Have

Adjustment range on the Holosun HS407C X2 Red Dot is 50 MOA in each direction. Several optics further down the Holosun line, including the EPS and Comp families, give you 30.

Nobody advertises this figure and it is the one that decides whether a sight can be zeroed on your particular pistol. Slide cuts are not perfect and adapter plates stack tolerances on top of them; mount a short travel optic on a gun that already points slightly off and you can run out of adjustment before you run out of error. Fifty MOA of headroom is insurance, and it is the reason this is the safer buy if you are mounting through a plate rather than into a native cut.

Solar Failsafe Behind The Battery

A panel on top of the Holosun HS407C X2 Red Dot harvests ambient light and will run the Holosun HS407C X2 Red Dot on its own if the CR1632 dies or is removed entirely. The cell is rated at 50,000 hours at brightness setting six, and Shake Awake sleeps the sight whenever the pistol is still, so that number describes far more calendar time than continuous running would.

The realistic way a pistol optic fails is not breakage, it is a dead battery in a gun that sat in a safe for two years. Solar closes that door anywhere with light. The tray loads from the side, so a battery change never means unbolting the sight, never disturbs the mounting screws, and never puts your zero in question.

Two MOA And What It Costs You

The 2 MOA dot on the Holosun HS407C X2 Red Dot covers half an inch at twenty five yards and two inches at a hundred, small enough that the reticle stops being the limiting factor in your group and small enough to shoot a pistol honestly at distances most people never attempt.

The cost is real and should be said: a fine dot takes fractionally longer to find on a fast draw than a 6 MOA one, and it punishes an inconsistent presentation. If you are new to optics that learning curve is steeper, and the 507C with its ring, or a 6 MOA sight, would be kinder. If your draw is already grooved, the Holosun HS407C X2 Red Dot gives back precision a larger dot cannot.

Ten Daylight Settings And Lock Mode

Brightness on the Holosun HS407C X2 Red Dot is ten daylight steps and two night vision steps. Ten in daylight means finer control in the range you actually live in, which matters more on a small reticle than a large one: most shooters run a dot brighter than they need, and an overdriven 2 MOA dot blooms into something closer to four and throws away the precision it was bought for.

Lock mode disables the buttons so a holster, a seatbelt or a car seat cannot quietly change the setting you chose. On the Holosun HS407C X2 Red Dot that is the feature that keeps a carry gun honest between range trips.

Specifications

• Model: Holosun HS407C-X2
• Reticle: 2 MOA dot
• Reticle color: red, 650nm
• Window size: 0.91 x 0.63 inches
• Magnification: 1x
• Adjustment: 1 MOA per click, plus or minus 50 MOA travel
• Battery: CR1632, 50,000 hours at setting 6, side loading tray
• Brightness: 10 daylight and 2 night vision settings
• Power backup: solar failsafe
• Housing: 7075 T6 aluminum, anodized, black
• Waterproof rating: IP67
• Vibration resistance: 5000G
• Dimensions: 1.78 x 1.15 x 1.15 inches
• Weight: 1.5 oz
• Footprint: RMR
• Features: Shake Awake, lock mode
• UPC: 810047071181

Who The Holosun HS407C X2 Red Dot Is For

• Shooters whose presentation is already consistent and who want precision over speed
• Anyone who finds a circle dot reticle to be clutter they never asked for
• RMR footprint slides and MOS plates already owned
• Anyone mounting through an adapter who needs adjustment headroom
• Owners who want solar sitting behind the battery rather than instead of it

Ordering

Manufacturer specifications are published at Holosun. We are a family owned FFL dealer in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and if you are newer to pistol optics we will tell you the 507C with its ring is probably the better first sight, even though this one costs less. The rest of our optics selection is here to compare.