Holosun HS407C X3 Red Dot Latest 4 Night Vision Settings

Description

The Holosun HS407C X3 Red Dot is the third generation 407C: one 2 MOA red dot, the RMR footprint, solar failsafe behind the battery, and 50 MOA of adjustment travel in each direction. No circle, no reticle menu, nothing to select. Part HS407C-X3-RD.

What The X3 Generation Changed On The Holosun HS407C X3 Red Dot

Generation numbers rarely come with an explanation, so here is the comparison against the X2 taken from Holosun own published figures rather than from marketing.

The window grew from 0.63 to 0.67 inches tall while staying 0.91 wide, so the Holosun HS407C X3 Red Dot offers more vertical glass in the same footprint. The body changed from 1.15 by 1.15 inches to 1.32 by 1.1, taller and slimmer, and weight went from 1.5 to 1.55 ounces.

The brightness split changed from ten daylight and two night vision steps to eight and four. The RMR footprint, the 2 MOA dot, the solar failsafe and the 50 MOA of travel all carried over, so an X2 and an X3 mount in the same holes.

Four Night Vision Steps Instead Of Two

That brightness change is the one worth thinking about, because it cuts both ways rather than being a straight upgrade.

The X2 gave ten daylight steps and finer control in ordinary light, which suits someone chasing the exact setting where a 2 MOA dot stays crisp instead of blooming. Eight steps on the Holosun HS407C X3 Red Dot is slightly coarser there.

In exchange you get four night vision settings rather than two, which matters a great deal if you actually run a PVS and want the reticle properly matched to it, and not at all if you never will. Most shooters will not notice either way; anyone using night vision should take the X3.

No Circle, And Why That Is A Choice

The 507C X3 sitting next to the Holosun HS407C X3 Red Dot adds a 32 MOA ring you can switch on. Everything else about the two is close to identical: same window, same housing, same footprint, same ratings.

So the decision is just the circle, and it is worth making deliberately rather than paying up by reflex.

A ring helps a great deal while you are still learning to find the dot on the draw, because a large circle is far easier for the eye to catch than a small dot. Once that presentation is habit, the ring is simply something else in the window, and plenty of experienced shooters switch it off permanently. If that is you, the Holosun HS407C X3 Red Dot saves you money for a sight picture you prefer anyway.

The Holosun HS407C X3 Red Dot Keeps Fifty MOA Of Travel

Adjustment range on the Holosun HS407C X3 Red Dot is 50 MOA in each direction, where several optics further down the Holosun line give you 30. It is a figure nobody advertises and the one that decides whether a sight can be zeroed on your particular pistol at all.

Slide cuts are not perfect and adapter plates stack tolerances on top of them. Put 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, leaving you with a sight that will not zero and no obvious explanation. Fifty MOA of headroom is insurance against that, and it is why this is the safer choice when you are mounting through a plate rather than into a native cut.

Solar Sits Behind The Holosun HS407C X3 Red Dot Battery

A panel on top of the Holosun HS407C X3 Red Dot harvests ambient light and will run the sight on its own if the CR1632 dies or is removed entirely. The cell is rated 50,000 hours at brightness setting six, and Shake Awake sleeps the optic 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. Lockout mode freezes the buttons so a holster cannot change your settings.

Specifications

• Model: Holosun HS407C-X3-RD
• Reticle: 2 MOA dot
• Reticle color: red, 650nm
• Window size: 0.91 x 0.67 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: 8 daylight and 4 night vision settings
• Power backup: solar failsafe
• Housing: 7075 T6 aluminum, anodized
• Waterproof rating: IP67
• Vibration resistance: 5000G
• Dimensions: 1.78 x 1.32 x 1.1 inches
• Weight: 1.55 oz
• Footprint: RMR
• Features: solar failsafe, Shake Awake, lockout mode
• UPC: 810047074526

Who The Holosun HS407C X3 Red Dot Is For

• Shooters whose presentation is consistent and who want a clean, uncluttered window
• Anyone running night vision who wants four NV brightness steps rather than two
• 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 already own an X2 that works we will tell you honestly whether the X3 changes are worth the money for how you actually shoot. The green X3, the 507C with its circle, and the rest of our optics selection are here to compare.