Holosun HS507C X3 Red Dot Proven 100,000 Hour Generation

Description

The Holosun HS507C X3 Red Dot is the third generation of the 507C, the pistol optic most of the market copies. Same RMR footprint, same Multi Reticle System, same solar failsafe, with a taller window, a reworked body and a battery life figure that now runs to 100,000 hours. Part HS507C-X3-RD.

What Actually Changed From The X2

Manufacturers rarely spell out what a generation number buys you, so before you weigh the Holosun HS507C X3 Red Dot against its predecessor, so here is the comparison 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 HS507C X3 Red Dot gives you more vertical glass in the same footprint. The body changed shape, from 1.15 by 1.15 inches to 1.31 by 1.1, which is taller and slimmer. Weight went from 1.5 to 1.55 ounces. And battery life gained an extended rating of up to 100,000 hours alongside the standard 50,000 at setting six. Everything else, the RMR footprint included, carried over.

The Brightness Split Changed Too

Worth knowing if you are moving up to the Holosun HS507C X3 Red Dot from an X2. That sight had ten daylight settings and two night vision settings. The Holosun HS507C X3 Red Dot has eight daylight and four night vision.

Which arrangement is better depends entirely on what you do. Ten daylight steps gives finer control in ordinary light, which suits someone chasing the exact setting where a 2 MOA dot stays crisp rather than blooming. Four night vision steps instead of two matters if you actually run a PVS and want the reticle properly matched to it. Most shooters will never notice; anyone who runs night vision will prefer the X3.

The Holosun HS507C X3 Red Dot Keeps Fifty MOA Of Travel

Adjustment range is 50 MOA in each direction, where several optics further down the Holosun line 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, which leaves you with a sight that will not zero and no obvious reason why. Fifty MOA of headroom is insurance, and it is why this is the safer choice when you are mounting through a plate.

Three Reticles, One Emitter

The Multi Reticle System on the Holosun HS507C X3 Red Dot gives a 2 MOA dot alone, a 32 MOA circle alone, or the circle with the dot inside it. All three come from the same emitter, so switching never moves your point of impact and there is nothing to re-zero.

Learn the draw on the Holosun HS507C X3 Red Dot with the ring, because a large circle is far easier to find than a small dot while 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 and precise work. Or leave it on circle and dot, as most owners eventually do, and have both.

Solar Sits Behind The Holosun HS507C X3 Red Dot Battery

The panel on top of the Holosun HS507C X3 Red Dot harvests ambient light and will run the sight on its own if the CR1632 dies or is removed entirely. Shake Awake sleeps the optic whenever the pistol is still, which is how the runtime figures describe far more calendar time than continuous running would.

The realistic way a pistol optic like the Holosun HS507C X3 Red Dot 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 HS507C-X3-RD
• Reticle: Multi Reticle System, 2 MOA dot, 32 MOA circle, or circle with dot
• Reticle color: red, 650nm LED
• 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, extended rating up to 100,000 hours
• Battery access: side loading tray
• Brightness: 8 daylight and 4 night vision settings
• Power backup: solar failsafe
• Housing: 7075 T6 aluminum, anodized, black
• Waterproof rating: IP67
• Vibration resistance: 5000G
• Dimensions: 1.78 x 1.31 x 1.1 inches
• Weight: 1.55 oz
• Footprint: RMR
• Features: Multi Reticle System, solar failsafe, Shake Awake, lockout mode
• UPC: 810047074557

Who The Holosun HS507C X3 Red Dot Is For

• Anyone buying a first pistol optic who wants the proven, widely supported choice
• RMR footprint slides and MOS plates already owned
• Shooters running night vision who want four NV brightness steps rather than two
• Anyone mounting through an adapter who needs adjustment headroom
• Owners who want 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 already own an X2 that works we will tell you honestly whether the X3 changes are worth the money for how you shoot. The rest of our optics selection includes the green and gold versions.