AEMS EVO Sight Red Dot

The Holosun AEMS EVO Sight Red Dot is an enclosed rifle sight. The emitter sits behind a front lens inside a sealed housing, so rain, snow and mud thrown up in the field are kept off it rather than smearing the dot, as they can on an open reflex sight.

The integral Picatinny mount puts the dot at a 1.63 in centre height. That suits rifles with a straight-line stock, such as AR-pattern rimfires, straight-pull carbines and gallery rifle setups. On a traditional sporter with a low comb, a lower-profile reflex sight will give a more natural cheek weld.

Use the 2 MOA dot on its own for zeroing and deliberate shots. The circle-dot earns its keep on driven boar or a timed stage, where the large ring is quicker to find than a small dot. Eight daylight and four night vision settings cover a bright clearing through to shooting behind a night vision device, and lockout mode stops a knock in the gun bag changing your setting.

It is the larger option in the AEMS family. For a more compact body with an anti-reflective device built in, look at the AEMS Pro X2 instead. Prefer a different reticle colour? The green dot AEMS EVO is on the same platform, and the wider choice sits in our reflex sights range and the full Holosun range.