{"id":11279,"date":"2015-02-04T19:39:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T19:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=11279"},"modified":"2015-10-24T03:28:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T03:28:24","slug":"by-the-numbers-crimson-trace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/by-the-numbers-crimson-trace\/","title":{"rendered":"By the Numbers &#8211; Crimson Trace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CT-2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11280\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CT-2.jpg?resize=950%2C404\" alt=\"CT-2\" width=\"950\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CT-2.jpg?w=950&amp;ssl=1 950w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CT-2.jpg?resize=300%2C128&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2,000,000: The number of Crimson Trace products sold and shipped since the company was founded.<\/p>\n<p>500,000 +: Copies of the Crimson Trace educational DVD, The Laser\u2019s Edge, that have been distributed to date.<\/p>\n<p>120,000 +: Number of Crimson Trace Facebook likes.<\/p>\n<p>200: Number of products Crimson Trace offers.<\/p>\n<p>120 +: The number of employees at the Wilsonville, Oregon Crimson Trace headquarters. All are NRA members!<\/p>\n<p>500 +: The number of years combined experience that Crimson Trace employees have in the shooting sports industry.<\/p>\n<p>25 +: The number of Crimson Trace products that will fit the 1911 pistol.<\/p>\n<p>20: Number of new products introduced in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>10: Number of defensive handguns \/ long guns owned by Richard Mann, that are\u00a0equipped with Crimson Trace products.<\/p>\n<p>7: The number of product lines offered by Crimson:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Master Series\u00ae for 1911 pistols<\/li>\n<li>Lasergrips with Instinctive Activation<\/li>\n<li>Laserguard<\/li>\n<li>Lightguard<\/li>\n<li>Rail Master<\/li>\n<li>Modular Vertical Foregrips (MVF)<\/li>\n<li>Defender Series.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6 +: The number of firearm manufacturers that offer Crimson Trace laser sights and lights, pre-installed on their firearms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beretta<\/li>\n<li>Bersa<\/li>\n<li>Browning<\/li>\n<li>Kimber<\/li>\n<li>Smith &amp; Wesson<\/li>\n<li>Ruger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2: The number of presidents Crimson Trace has had to date: Founder Lew Danielson and the current President and CEO, Lane Tobiassen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CT-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CT-1.jpg?resize=950%2C580\" alt=\"CT-1\" width=\"950\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CT-1.jpg?w=950&amp;ssl=1 950w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CT-1.jpg?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2,000,000: The number of Crimson Trace products sold and shipped since the company was founded. 500,000 +: Copies of the Crimson Trace educational DVD, The Laser\u2019s Edge, that have been distributed to date. 120,000 +: Number of Crimson Trace Facebook likes. 200: Number of products Crimson Trace offers. 120 +: The number of employees at the Wilsonville, Oregon Crimson Trace headquarters. All &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"By the Numbers - Crimson Trace","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2509,2500],"tags":[597,2388,1582,153],"class_list":["post-11279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense","category-shooting","tag-crimson-trace-lasers","tag-laserguard","tag-lightguard","tag-master-series-grips"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-2VV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13183,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/proof-of-the-lasers-edge\/","url_meta":{"origin":11279,"position":0},"title":"Proof of the Laser&#8217;s Edge","author":"gunwriter","date":"April 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"In 2012 while\u00a0researching and working on my book, Handgun Training for Personal Protection, I worked with a local shooting club to put together a defensive handgun match. 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