Holosun HS507C X2 Red Dot Proven 50 MOA Adjustment Range

Description

The Holosun HS507C X2 Red Dot is the optic the rest of the market gets measured against. RMR footprint, Multi Reticle System, solar failsafe, Shake Awake, and 50 MOA of adjustment travel in each direction. Part HS507C-X2-RD.

How This Became The Default

Ten years ago a pistol optic like the Holosun HS507C X2 Red Dot meant one thing and it cost accordingly. What changed was not one feature but a combination arriving at a price people could actually justify.

The Holosun HS507C X2 Red Dot put the RMR footprint, a circle dot reticle, solar backup and a side loading battery tray into one housing. Every one of those had existed before. Having all four at once, in a sight tough enough for a duty gun, is what made this the sight other manufacturers now copy the feature list of. If you are buying your first pistol optic and want the safe answer, this is it.

Fifty MOA Of Travel Is The Underrated Specification

Adjustment range on the Holosun HS507C X2 Red Dot is 50 MOA in each direction. Several optics in the 407, EPS and Comp families give you 30. That number never sells a sight 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. Put a short travel optic on a gun that is already pointing slightly off and you can run out of adjustment before you run out of error, which leaves you with a sight that will not zero and no obvious explanation. Fifty MOA of headroom is insurance against that, and it is the reason this is the safer choice when you are mounting through a plate rather than into a native cut.

The Reticle You Can Change Without Consequences

The Multi Reticle System on the Holosun HS507C X2 Red Dot means a 2 MOA dot alone, a 32 MOA circle alone, or the circle with the dot inside it. All three are projected from the same emitter, so switching never moves your point of impact and there is nothing to re-zero.

That freedom is worth more than it looks. Learn the draw with the ring, because a large circle is far easier to find than a small dot when your presentation is still forming. Once the gun arrives in the same place every time, drop to the bare 2 MOA dot for a clean window. Or leave the Holosun HS507C X2 Red Dot on circle and dot, as most owners eventually do, and have both.

The Holosun HS507C X2 Red Dot Puts Solar Behind The Battery

The panel on top of the Holosun HS507C X2 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 at 50,000 hours at brightness setting six, and Shake Awake sleeps the optic when the pistol is still, so that number describes far more calendar time than continuous running would.

The tray loads from the side, which means a battery change on the Holosun HS507C X2 Red Dot never requires unbolting anything, never disturbs the mounting screws, and never puts your zero in question. Ten daylight brightness settings and two night vision settings, with lockout to stop a holster changing any of it.

Built For A Reciprocating Slide

The Holosun HS507C X2 Red Dot is 7075 T6 aluminum, hard anodized, rated IP67 for dust and immersion and tested to 5000G of vibration. The body measures 1.78 by 1.15 by 1.15 inches and weighs 1.5 ounces, behind a 0.91 by 0.63 inch window.

The 5000G figure is the one that matters on a handgun. A slide cycling at speed subjects an optic to shock a rifle never approaches, and it is why pistol sights fail in ways rifle sights do not. The Holosun HS507C X2 Red Dot is built expecting that, which is why it turns up on duty guns rather than only on range toys.

Specifications

• Model: Holosun HS507C-X2-RD
• Reticle: Multi Reticle System, 2 MOA dot, 32 MOA circle, or circle with 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, hard anodized
• 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, lockout mode
• UPC: 810047071174

Who Buys The Holosun HS507C X2 Red Dot

• Anyone buying a first pistol optic who wants the proven, widely supported choice
• RMR footprint slides and MOS plates already owned
• Shooters mounting through an adapter who need adjustment headroom
• Duty and carry guns that need IP67 and 5000G rather than marketing language
• Anyone who wants a ring to learn on and a dot to shoot with

Ordering

Manufacturer specifications are published at Holosun. We are a family owned FFL dealer in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and if you are unsure whether your slide takes this directly or needs a plate, tell us the pistol and we will work it out with you. Compare against the rest of our optics selection before you commit.