Well, it shows you the target with a holographic image and crosshair, duh! Jokes apart, holographic sights are some of the best sights for military-style shooting and target practice. They are incredibly durable and their performance is unmatched.
While the idea is that a holographic sight is essentially the same as a red dot sight, it’s not that simple. Here is a breakdown of how a holographic sight works and what it does.
What Is A Holographic Sight?
Before we get to know what a holographic sight does, let’s learn a bit about the sight itself. Holographic sight is a modern technology-based sight. It uses collimator technology.
In terms of design, it’s an open-sight design that looks a lot like a reflex sight. I mean, it is a reflex sight of sorts. The field of view is large and it has excellent eye relief. Even if you are a glasses user, the holographic sight offers plenty of eye relief.
How Does A Holographic Sight Work?
Essentially, this is an optic as well. At the output window glass, you are seeing a holographic image of the view you are seeing through the sight. Holographic sight can come in various shapes. That includes three-dimensional shapes as well.
A regular collimator sight without anti-reflective coating will not let waves of a certain range of light go through. Due to that, the object’s color changes and messes up your vision. The same thing doesn’t happen in holographic sights.
Another benefit of a holographic sight is the all-condition vision. Doesn’t matter what kind of lighting you are working with, the optic will outperform any competitive reflex sights.
Pros And Cons Of A Holographic Sight
Now that you know a bit about holographic sight and what kind of vision it portrays and at what cost, let’s talk a bit about its advantages and some of the disadvantages it comes with as well.
Let’s talk about their advantages first.
- The holographic sight can have various shapes. That includes three-dimensional images as well. Perfectly suitable for all sorts of tactical shooting.
- There is no reflective coating on holographic sight. It doesn’t alter the color of the objects like an ordinary collimator lens.
- The best part is, it will feel like your virtual mark is extremely far away yet you can see that it’s directly on your target.
- Holographic sight doesn’t suffer from any kinds of visual problems due to light. Doesn’t matter what kind of light it’s working with, it will always locate the center of the sight. And you can view it at any angle as well.
- It’s more durable and feature-rich than an ordinary sight.
- As it’s a vertical sight, it eliminates the risk of your opponent seeing any reflection from your sight.
Let’s see some of their disadvantages of them.
- They are extremely expensive. They are some of the most if not the most expensive reflex sight you will ever purchase.
- The hologram optical view can lead to some stratification. Albeit it’s minor but deviation nonetheless.
- You cannot let the sight overheat.
Conclusion
And there you have it. I know the total science behind a holographic sight is quite complicated and goes deeper. But hey, I wanted to make it dumb-friendly like me. Besides low-quality humor, I hope you found the guide useful.
That’s all for now. Thanks for reading. Hope to see you on the next one. Take care and have fun.
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