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New holosun red dot disappointment
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 9:28 pm
by Hunter87
Hi all I just thought I would share this with you I just got a new holosun red dot after seeing some great reviews on the tube about them unfortunately it didn't come with the included battery but even more annoying is that the low mount it came with doesn't even fit the sight (must have got a Friday job ) it's not like it's a cheapo sight it cost £200 after all hopefully the place where I got it will make everything right.

Re: New holosun red dot disappointment
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 9:30 pm
by saddler
Upload them to PhotoBucket or another third party site, then paste the link
Re: New holosun red dot disappointment
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 10:02 pm
by Hunter87
Large fits perfectly.
Re: New holosun red dot disappointment
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 10:30 pm
by HALODIN
I hope you get it sorted, but at £200 it is at the cheaper end of the market IMO. I'd expect to pay at least half that for 1 mount, let alone 2 of them. There's nothing wrong with looking for a deal, but at lower prices you tend to find these problems.
Hunter87 wrote:it's not like it's a cheapo sight it cost £200 after all
Re: New holosun red dot disappointment
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 7:28 am
by Blackstuff
Should be a simple case of getting a replacement low mount. At least its not the base of the optic that wasn't true
Re: New holosun red dot disappointment
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 3:26 pm
by sharps4065
Wow Halodin! What are you paying for red dots? A C-More railway click sight runs at just over £200 from Double Alpha and they're damn good sights. A Shield plus mount is not much more. Both used by top level pistol and rifle shooters. Aimpoints etc. are good but not twice the price good.
Re: New holosun red dot disappointment
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 3:36 pm
by HALODIN
I'd expect to pay double that for an eotech or aimpoint. I don't own a red dot, but I'm of the opinion some are less parallax free than others.
Re: New holosun red dot disappointment
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 3:48 pm
by Hunter87
Here is just one of the reviews I seen online before buying one if anyone is interested all in all I'm happy with the sight itself and the dealer has said they will send me a new mount for itBest Micro Red Dot for the Money? Holosun 403g:
https://youtu.be/oq_OwNQiFRw
And a few destructive "tests" not sure I would do it with mine
Holosun red dot optic torture test - part 1 - ran…:
https://youtu.be/Holosun red dot optic torture test - part 2 - sub…:
https://youtu.be/QFZsinPNID4
Re: New holosun red dot disappointment
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 3:14 pm
by breacher
sharps4065 wrote:Wow Halodin! What are you paying for red dots? A C-More railway click sight runs at just over £200 from Double Alpha and they're damn good sights. A Shield plus mount is not much more. Both used by top level pistol and rifle shooters. Aimpoints etc. are good but not twice the price good.
I got the Burris Fastfire 3 for about the same price.
Top quality - £200 is not peanuts and I would expect an item to work as described at any cost !!
Re: New holosun red dot disappointment
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 3:53 pm
by sharps4065
HALODIN wrote:I'd expect to pay double that for an eotech or aimpoint. I don't own a red dot, but I'm of the opinion some are less parallax free than others.
The Eotech is holographic not red dot. Having a C-More on both a pistol and a rifle
and having used a Shield I can assure you they are both entirely parallax free. The Burris is an outstanding red-dot too.