Which one do you like the best? Here is the cheat sheet we mentioned which helps even more --> freedomgorilla.com/blogs/news/holosun-rifle-optic-cheat-sheet?yt
im excited for them to expand the scrs linup, hoping an acss happens as well.i dont see a reason to buy any other 20mm tube. Only other one that interests me is an aems, but probably only if i was competing with it. ETA: range toys will still get sig msr's, cant beat the price i just wouldn't have that be a weapon id depend on.
I got the 510c with the 3x Magnifier for my Ruger 9mm PC CARBINE RIFLE, and it's an excellent pairing. During competitions, I remove the Magnifier and have quick target acquisition up to 50 yards! Thx for the chest sheet info! I also have the HOLOSUN SCS OPTIC for my EDC H&K VP9-SK 9mm handgun. Excellent co-witness!
Literally clear, not confusing, straightforward, no lame cinematic intro, not being overly opinionated or crass. No lame affiliated marketing segue, no promotional deals. Just a clear-cut guide on the products and what their functionality is CLASSIC Non Sellout UA-cam. BRAVO 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 I SUBSCRIBED 💯
I came here to make the same exact comment. I am a first time rifle purchaser seeking information on red dot sights and was very confused about what to get from what is on UA-cam. There just isn’t any other videos on UA-cam like this at all and I’m so blown away by this one. Very thankful for coming across this video and definitely subscribed. This was exactly what I needed to help make my choice in a first time sights purchase. Answered so many questions I had that I could not get answered anywhere else! Keep up the good work please!
Not even done with the video but the style,format, and delivery of information is actually perfect. I wish more video did this kind of comparison. Plz more of these.
Nicely done video. This really helps with the lineups. I wish companies would just make their stuff simple, I shouldn’t need to do a research paper or watch a documentary just to figure out what their lineup means. Thanks.
Definitely agree with this. Glad Freedom Gorilla takes the time to help consumer understand. Insane how they can make all these optics and not consider making the names easier to understand.
One thing I noticed when looking through Holosun's site is that there is a bit of a help built into the naming. For example, the numbers are the model ("4"s generally are aluminum, "5"s generally are titanium or a nicer tier), and the letters are like the "trim level" on a car. The "C"s all share the same feature set, the "G"s all share a feature set, etc. So figure out the type you want (403, 503,etc) and then the features (C, B, G, etc). Finally, RD or GD at the end is the dot color.
If you go with AEMS, the green dot is the play. The red dot version has a very blue tint (for the purposes of seeing the red dot), but also has pretty heavily warped glass. The green version does not have the blue tint and the glass warping seems to be heavily decreased.
Looking into Holosun for the first time. Your presentation is direct, straightforward, no BS. More YT’ers could learn a thing or two from your style !! Great work !!
This company is great. I’ve purchased 2 optics from them. They have a wealth of knowledge. They answer chat messages on Sunday evenings, always willing to educate. Super fast shipping.
I have to agree!! I just placed my first order with them yesterday so obviously don’t have the optic yet but their customer service has already been exceptional!! Responded to my questions quickly and very customer focused! My first stop for optics going forward!!
What a fantastic breakdown. I'll be subscribing and looking through your other videos for similar breakdowns/ comparisons of optics and parts. Thanks!!
Very informative review. Thank you for researching all this and creating this review. It clears up much confusion that I had about all these model names.
"CO-WITNESS" The term co-witness refers to the interaction between iron sights and modern optics like a red dot. While both rifle and pistol optics can be co-witnessed, the term is most often used when referring to modern sporting rifles like the AR platform. Your optic has a co-witness when the iron sights align with the red dot.Sep 10, 2021
Everyone is aware, but, thank you for the unnecessary information that no one asked for. And “co witness” is when you can view the iron sights through the glass of your optic, not when it lines up with the red dot itself. 99% of the time a red dot be zeroed to sit a above the view of your iron sights when looking through the glass. They should not like up at all.
There are like a dozen different 503s and I agree, was very hard to learn them all as the nomenclature wasn't consistent. you had the 503b, 503c, 503bu, 503cu, 503g, 503gu, etc, with the latest being the 503R. not to mention they entirely changed the 515 line up as they were just upgraded 503s and weren't titanium (like you mentioned). Within the 503 line, you had 3 different heights. the solars were the tallest as they all have the battery tray on the bottom, but some of the 503s, like the 503bu (iirc) had a standard T1 height. some top buttons, some had side, some had turret guards and some didn't, etc. none of them had screw in lens caps unlike the 515 line, but that doesn't mean that the lengths were the same in the 503. Also the GU didn't have the acss, which makes no sense as what does the G stand for lol? Kinda glad they slimmed down the line up, but i wish they would have kept the BU and GU. Also would like to try the 530, but I like my AEMSs too much. Don't see a reason to get the 510 and 512 in this day in age. The 510 does have a capacitor in them, which afaik is the only non scs to have that. The 510 is pretty neat on handguns. It would be nice to put the AEMS flip caps on the core as the solar panel is worthless and i can do without the circle dot.
I'll echo everyone else's comments on here when I say awesome video, great format and thank you for the work/research you put into this. Got a new subscriber!
I have the 509T on my RUGER 57 pistol and the AEMS on my 9 mm RUGER LC Chassis Carbine. IMHO the top of the line AEMS is THE best "red dot" available for almost any PCC. -> To get good AEMS eye-to-reticle alignment on a cheek weld I added a MAGPUL MOE 1/4" high cheek piece on the carbine's MAGPUL MOE stock, VOILE"! It's inexpensive and just snaps on the stock very tightly and I have perfect sight alignment.
Holosun makes a co-witness “low mount” in addition multiple other manufacturers make mounts for it. Including high end manufacturers like scalarworks and unity tactical, which make 1.93” and 2.26” height mounts (for reference absolute cowitness is generally 1.54” and lower 1/3rd is about 1.7” though it can vary slightly. All mounts are secured to the base with screws, similar to the aimpoint micro style mounts (used by most holosun including 503/403, 515) however thescrew spacing is different on the AEMS vs aimpoint style, which is why it needs specialized mounts.
❤ what an amazing breakdown of the Holosun products. I never realized they had so many different models and sub models. Thank you for your efforts in this video, Holosun should definitely hire you. I Don’t mind just a dot, but I really wish Holosun would incorporate the ACSS Vulcan …more in their products Line as an option I personally like the Chevron more than just a plain dot.
As someone who has been shooting holosuns for a long time and I have many, I still learned a hell of a lot from this video. They have a ton of options and variants. I just wish their naming convention was less confusing lol.
The SCRS has been out for a little while now, and I can't find any actual reviews of it. I've been quite happy with all of my HS optics, but I'm not willing to jump on anything before I've seen it used and abused...and for some reason nobody has done that yet with the SCRS
We test it out on a FPC in another video. So far I like it a lot. It’s very compact and I don’t have to worry about the battery. Labor Day weekend is our next range day so I’ll take some extra footage and do a more in-depth review!
@@freedomgorilla1 weird it doesn't show up in the search results, I'll have to check out your page directly. But it's still weird that none of the big GunTubers like TFBTV, TGC, MAC, etc have done anything on it since it was unveiled back at SHOT
Hello, I rarely write to compliment, but for this video! You worked a lot and you don't read a text, you are a master in your domain. I don't understand why you have no more subscribers.
Very well done video. Finally someone made some sense out of that Holosun lineup. I ordered a 510c yesterday for my new Tippmann M4 22. I’m currently thinking that I want to keep the iron sights too (actually plastic) but I have to see how the co-witness aspect works out with the Holosun. Maybe I’ll need a riser for the ⅓ co-witness. I won’t know until I place the sight on the rifle.
@@brentmansfield1289 - yeah, I got my 510c mounted and really like it. It provides an absolute co-witness. I’m good with that - my iron sights look directly through the optic so I don’t even need to turn it on if I just wanted to use the iron sights. I’m really happy how it worked out.
I'm building my first AR.. I'll be buying flip up iron sights as a back up.. but I definitely want a set of optics that are durable and give me a mix of 1X & some magnification
I chose the 403B and find it to be quite good and robust for the price. The battery is always available and can be replaced at any time. For me the ambidextrous operation was important!
one more thing about the aems that didn't get mentioned is that it has dedicated night vision settings. Not sure which other ones do i just know the aems does and the 503 does not.
@@freedomgorilla1prism optics also use a different dot emitter technology so if you have astigmatism it will have less of that “burst” effect at higher brightness settings
Hey, Paul, excited to have found out about you guys. I'm brand new to optics and pretty new to firearms in general and y'all seem to be THE people to go to for optics stuff. Hoping to ask a question: I'm going to be getting a Sig p320 and dropping it into a Flux Raider or possibly an SMC Bravo (slide mounted optic in this case vs the Raider's shroud). I know it boils down to preference a lot of the time, but is there a certain kind of optic you'd suggest for this specific set up? Would you be looking at rifle optics, or would you still be looking at a pistol optic? Thanks a lot, looking forward to buying from y'all.
Which one do you like the best? Here is the cheat sheet we mentioned which helps even more --> freedomgorilla.com/blogs/news/holosun-rifle-optic-cheat-sheet?yt
im excited for them to expand the scrs linup, hoping an acss happens as well.i dont see a reason to buy any other 20mm tube. Only other one that interests me is an aems, but probably only if i was competing with it. ETA: range toys will still get sig msr's, cant beat the price i just wouldn't have that be a weapon id depend on.
I got the 510c with the 3x Magnifier for my Ruger 9mm PC CARBINE RIFLE, and it's an excellent pairing. During competitions, I remove the Magnifier and have quick target acquisition up to 50 yards! Thx for the chest sheet info! I also have the HOLOSUN SCS OPTIC for my EDC H&K VP9-SK 9mm handgun. Excellent co-witness!
Literally clear, not confusing, straightforward, no lame cinematic intro, not being overly opinionated or crass. No lame affiliated marketing segue, no promotional deals. Just a clear-cut guide on the products and what their functionality is CLASSIC Non Sellout UA-cam. BRAVO 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 I SUBSCRIBED 💯
Even had marked time slots on the video. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
You are a true 👑 .. can you contact us and mention this comment so we can hook u up with some free swag!! freedomgorilla.com/pages/contact
I came here to make the same exact comment. I am a first time rifle purchaser seeking information on red dot sights and was very confused about what to get from what is on UA-cam. There just isn’t any other videos on UA-cam like this at all and I’m so blown away by this one. Very thankful for coming across this video and definitely subscribed. This was exactly what I needed to help make my choice in a first time sights purchase. Answered so many questions I had that I could not get answered anywhere else! Keep up the good work please!
@@freedomgorilla1do you have shirts like the one you have on in the video? Would definitely like to rock one!
I stand in agreement with this comment. It was wonderful and exactly what I needed.
Not even done with the video but the style,format, and delivery of information is actually perfect. I wish more video did this kind of comparison. Plz more of these.
Thanks for the kind words, more of this style video are in the works!
I agree 👍🏽
Great video! To my knowledge, the only fully comprehensive video of Holosun’s full line. I’ve been looking for this video!
Thanks for watching!
Really appreciate all the work that went into this. Very helpful
Thank you!
Nicely done video. This really helps with the lineups. I wish companies would just make their stuff simple, I shouldn’t need to do a research paper or watch a documentary just to figure out what their lineup means.
Thanks.
Definitely agree with this. Glad Freedom Gorilla takes the time to help consumer understand. Insane how they can make all these optics and not consider making the names easier to understand.
One thing I noticed when looking through Holosun's site is that there is a bit of a help built into the naming. For example, the numbers are the model ("4"s generally are aluminum, "5"s generally are titanium or a nicer tier), and the letters are like the "trim level" on a car. The "C"s all share the same feature set, the "G"s all share a feature set, etc. So figure out the type you want (403, 503,etc) and then the features (C, B, G, etc). Finally, RD or GD at the end is the dot color.
Extremely solid video. Thanks for the overview
If you go with AEMS, the green dot is the play. The red dot version has a very blue tint (for the purposes of seeing the red dot), but also has pretty heavily warped glass. The green version does not have the blue tint and the glass warping seems to be heavily decreased.
We’d have to look into that.
I have the red one and I don’t notice a crazy blue tint.🤷♂️
I chose the red over the green and have no idea what you’re talking about.
I think the older models had this issue
He definitely heard that from somewhere lol I have the red also and glad and dot are clear
Looking into Holosun for the first time.
Your presentation is direct, straightforward, no BS.
More YT’ers could learn a thing or two from your style !!
Great work !!
Excellent video. This is how you represent your product line and effectively sell products!
Thank you!
WOW! this video was super informative. Thanks for making everything very understandable and comprehensive.
Thank you
Awesome video very clear thank you!
Thanks for this! I was getting going crazy trying to figure out what the differences between the NUMEROUS models were
Glad I could help!
The 510c is fantastic
Right to the point, no BS, great delivery! SUBSCRIBED
Thanks for watching!
This company is great. I’ve purchased 2 optics from them. They have a wealth of knowledge. They answer chat messages on Sunday evenings, always willing to educate. Super fast shipping.
Thank you for the kind words!
I have to agree!! I just placed my first order with them yesterday so obviously don’t have the optic yet but their customer service has already been exceptional!! Responded to my questions quickly and very customer focused! My first stop for optics going forward!!
What a fantastic breakdown. I'll be subscribing and looking through your other videos for similar breakdowns/ comparisons of optics and parts. Thanks!!
Thank you. Glad it was helpful!
Nice job. Very clear and informative
the purpose of a kill flash is to prevent light reflecting of the front of an optic and flashing giving away your position
Excellent explanation for the product line. I opted for the AEMS MRS with the HM3X 3x flip up magnifier.
Thank you. And excellent. Choice
Great video. Two things I wish were covered better were exact window sizes of 510 and AEMS. Also the exact weight of each.
Thanks for the thorough explainations!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the simple explanation of each optic.
Your welcome glad it was helpful
Very informative review. Thank you for researching all this and creating this review. It clears up much confusion that I had about all these model names.
You’re welcome and thank you!
It's very interesting that you mentioned colour blindness for the yellow colour. I didn't thought about that
Well explained and informative
This was very educational. Great job and much appreciated.
"CO-WITNESS"
The term co-witness refers to the interaction between iron sights and modern optics like a red dot. While both rifle and pistol optics can be co-witnessed, the term is most often used when referring to modern sporting rifles like the AR platform. Your optic has a co-witness when the iron sights align with the red dot.Sep 10, 2021
Everyone is aware, but, thank you for the unnecessary information that no one asked for. And “co witness” is when you can view the iron sights through the glass of your optic, not when it lines up with the red dot itself. 99% of the time a red dot be zeroed to sit a above the view of your iron sights when looking through the glass. They should not like up at all.
great explanation. Thank you for making this and clearing up the confusion
Thank you and yw glad it was helpful
Best video I have found on the topic in about 2 hours of research, thank you!
Thanks I’m glad it helped!
Very informative and helpful thanks!
Thanks for watching!
This is really good information
@@hopewilliams6705 thanks for watching!
@@freedomgorilla1 thank you!
I know old video but this was very informative. Love my 510c magnifier combo.
Does it hold zero?
Great video - very informative. I’m on your list for the AEMS when it comes back in stock.
Hey we have more on the way and just put it back in stock. We didn’t realize it was showing OOS!!
There are like a dozen different 503s and I agree, was very hard to learn them all as the nomenclature wasn't consistent. you had the 503b, 503c, 503bu, 503cu, 503g, 503gu, etc, with the latest being the 503R. not to mention they entirely changed the 515 line up as they were just upgraded 503s and weren't titanium (like you mentioned). Within the 503 line, you had 3 different heights. the solars were the tallest as they all have the battery tray on the bottom, but some of the 503s, like the 503bu (iirc) had a standard T1 height. some top buttons, some had side, some had turret guards and some didn't, etc. none of them had screw in lens caps unlike the 515 line, but that doesn't mean that the lengths were the same in the 503. Also the GU didn't have the acss, which makes no sense as what does the G stand for lol? Kinda glad they slimmed down the line up, but i wish they would have kept the BU and GU. Also would like to try the 530, but I like my AEMSs too much. Don't see a reason to get the 510 and 512 in this day in age. The 510 does have a capacitor in them, which afaik is the only non scs to have that. The 510 is pretty neat on handguns. It would be nice to put the AEMS flip caps on the core as the solar panel is worthless and i can do without the circle dot.
The aems has the capacitor too
doing the lords work, THANK YOU!
This video was very helpful, thanks for putting this together
Thanks for watching!
I'll echo everyone else's comments on here when I say awesome video, great format and thank you for the work/research you put into this. Got a new subscriber!
Thanks for watching! We appreciate the kind words 🇺🇸🦍
I have the 509T on my RUGER 57 pistol and the AEMS on my 9 mm RUGER LC Chassis Carbine.
IMHO the top of the line AEMS is THE best "red dot" available for almost any PCC.
-> To get good AEMS eye-to-reticle alignment on a cheek weld I added a MAGPUL MOE 1/4" high cheek piece on the carbine's MAGPUL MOE stock, VOILE"! It's inexpensive and just snaps on the stock very tightly and I have perfect sight alignment.
Definitely helped me choose the right one. Went with the HE515ct-Rd
Awesome! Glad we could help!
Thanks for taking the time .
In addition, there are multiple separate mounts for the AEM but no explanation or demonstration I could find so far.
Holosun makes a co-witness “low mount” in addition multiple other manufacturers make mounts for it. Including high end manufacturers like scalarworks and unity tactical, which make 1.93” and 2.26” height mounts (for reference absolute cowitness is generally 1.54” and lower 1/3rd is about 1.7” though it can vary slightly. All mounts are secured to the base with screws, similar to the aimpoint micro style mounts (used by most holosun including 503/403, 515) however thescrew spacing is different on the AEMS vs aimpoint style, which is why it needs specialized mounts.
Excellent video well done, thanks for sharing!😊👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you very much for the informative information.
What a great overview! Thanks, earned a sub!
Great job man, thanks for the vid.
Thanks for the vid!! Great!!! I just bought an AEMS green dot for my Daniel Defense. Love it!!
Awesome. Thank you! Great choice
Any negatives so far?
Thank you for the great information. Perfectly described.
Thank u!
❤ what an amazing breakdown of the Holosun products. I never realized they had so many different models and sub models. Thank you for your efforts in this video, Holosun should definitely hire you. I Don’t mind just a dot, but I really wish Holosun would incorporate the ACSS Vulcan …more in their products Line as an option I personally like the Chevron more than just a plain dot.
Thank you!
Great video! Answered all of my questions.
As someone who has been shooting holosuns for a long time and I have many, I still learned a hell of a lot from this video. They have a ton of options and variants. I just wish their naming convention was less confusing lol.
Yea it’s super confusing.
The SCRS has been out for a little while now, and I can't find any actual reviews of it.
I've been quite happy with all of my HS optics, but I'm not willing to jump on anything before I've seen it used and abused...and for some reason nobody has done that yet with the SCRS
We test it out on a FPC in another video. So far I like it a lot. It’s very compact and I don’t have to worry about the battery. Labor Day weekend is our next range day so I’ll take some extra footage and do a more in-depth review!
@@freedomgorilla1 weird it doesn't show up in the search results, I'll have to check out your page directly. But it's still weird that none of the big GunTubers like TFBTV, TGC, MAC, etc have done anything on it since it was unveiled back at SHOT
Very helpful of you to compile that list.
Glad it was helpful!
Just got the aems mrs for my springfield saint. Its been awesome so far! I would recommend.
Sweet! It is nice
Awesome delivery of info. Thank you. Finally someone who just gives you the brass tacks in a video, and has a quick reference guide. Liked and sub'd.
Thank you x2!
Hello, I rarely write to compliment, but for this video! You worked a lot and you don't read a text, you are a master in your domain. I don't understand why you have no more subscribers.
Thanks so much! That means a lot. We’ll stay at it so hopefully many more subs to come!
The kill flash is to stop ur target from seeing bcuz of glare reflecting off the lens, not to dull the red
Excellent video! Liked and subscribed.
Thank u!
This was incredibly informative and very well done.
Thank you
Very well done video. Finally someone made some sense out of that Holosun lineup. I ordered a 510c yesterday for my new Tippmann M4 22. I’m currently thinking that I want to keep the iron sights too (actually plastic) but I have to see how the co-witness aspect works out with the Holosun. Maybe I’ll need a riser for the ⅓ co-witness. I won’t know until I place the sight on the rifle.
Awesome!
I run a 510c and co-witness with mbus pro. They match up perfect.
@@brentmansfield1289 - yeah, I got my 510c mounted and really like it. It provides an absolute co-witness. I’m good with that - my iron sights look directly through the optic so I don’t even need to turn it on if I just wanted to use the iron sights. I’m really happy how it worked out.
what a great video
Awesome and informative video...I'm a holosun junkie
Excellent overview. Thank you.
Thank you!
I'm building my first AR.. I'll be buying flip up iron sights as a back up.. but I definitely want a set of optics that are durable and give me a mix of 1X & some magnification
The 510c + magnifier combo is a prettt solid choice
Bro this one video saved me so much time on the Tube.. You the man Paul 💯
Thank you! Glad it was helpful
This was an excellent informative video. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I chose the 403B and find it to be quite good and robust for the price. The battery is always available and can be replaced at any time.
For me the ambidextrous operation was important!
Amazing breakdown! Thank you so much!
Your welcome!
Great video brother!
Thank you for all your research.
Sure thing thank u!
Alot of great information,, thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video! Super informative and helpful
Thank u
Great video and with outstanding research!! Appreciate the insights and technical advice... 👌
For sure thank you. Glad it was helpful!
Extremely helpful video!
Glad it was helpful!
Detailed, but still to the point review. Cheers, mate.
Thanks for watching!
Awesome video!
Great video thanks
one more thing about the aems that didn't get mentioned is that it has dedicated night vision settings. Not sure which other ones do i just know the aems does and the 503 does not.
Great, informative video.
Thanks for the vid bro very well done and straight to the point
Thank you! Glad it was helpful
Great review, thank you.
Yw and thank you
I am all about the 509T with the ACSS Vulcan option.
Awesome video! Best video regarding options.
Thank you! Glad it helped!
What one would be best to mount on a AR15 carry handle to shoot out to about 150 yards (hunting).
If you’re looking to Mount an optic to a Carry handle I’d check out the primary arms micro prism optics. They are perfect for that. We carry them
@@freedomgorilla1prism optics also use a different dot emitter technology so if you have astigmatism it will have less of that “burst” effect at higher brightness settings
512c also comes in Gold
Super useful info!
Excellent video! Thanks.
Thank you!
Awesome video, thank you!
Glad it helped! Ty
This guy is good. Great job on providing info.
Thank you!
Hey, Paul, excited to have found out about you guys. I'm brand new to optics and pretty new to firearms in general and y'all seem to be THE people to go to for optics stuff. Hoping to ask a question:
I'm going to be getting a Sig p320 and dropping it into a Flux Raider or possibly an SMC Bravo (slide mounted optic in this case vs the Raider's shroud).
I know it boils down to preference a lot of the time, but is there a certain kind of optic you'd suggest for this specific set up? Would you be looking at rifle optics, or would you still be looking at a pistol optic?
Thanks a lot, looking forward to buying from y'all.
Hi David. I’d probably get a pistol optic to keep it low profile
Nice video! Hope to see it early! Already spent 100 hours on self-learning...
Good video. Thanx
Any chance you have an installed weight for each of these? (Red dot plus mount). Thanks for all the work you put in to this.
I don’t. But the 20mm tubes are around 5 oz, aems is probably 7-8oz, 510c is i think 12ish oz. For reference a scope w rings is usually around 20-25oz
Would of been nice to see a solar panel for the 507 comp. Really comes clutch when your battery decides to die.
Yea i agree
Great video. Very informative
Thank you glad it helped!
Awesome job explaining
Thanks!
Man excellent job thanks.
Yw and thank you!
Great video. This was very helpful
Thank you. Glad it was able to help!
Great video very helpful
what a great video. thank you sir.
Thank you!