{"id":16144,"date":"2012-08-16T12:34:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T17:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=16144"},"modified":"2012-08-19T17:15:37","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T22:15:37","slug":"sw-shield-laserguard-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/sw-shield-laserguard-now-available\/16144\/","title":{"rendered":"S&#038;W Shield Laserguard\u00ae Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16147\" title=\"Crimsontraceshield\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Crimsontraceshield.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Crimsontraceshield.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Crimsontraceshield-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>(Wilsonville, OR) Crimson Trace today announced its latest Laserguard, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimsontrace.com\/products\/manufacturer\/s-w-pistols-revolvers\/01-3560\" target=\"_blank\">LG-489<\/a> for the Smith &amp; Wesson Shield\u00ae in 9mm and 40S&amp;W is now available through distribution, retailers and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimsontrace.com\" target=\"_blank\">crimsontrace.com<\/a>.\u00a0 With an MSRP of $219, the new sight features Instinctive Activation that allows the use to activate the laser by simply taking a natural firing grip, with no additional switches to search for, find or press. Introduction of the new Laserguard was expedited due to the exceptionally high demand for the Shield, which has quickly developed a devoted following from consumers wanting a reliable, ergonomic carry gun in a potent caliber.<\/p>\n<p>The Laserguard platform is the ideal and ultimate additional to conceal carry firearms.\u00a0 The entire unit ads virtually no weight to the firearm and is quickly and easily installed by the user simply securing around the trigger guard with provided screws.\u00a0 The profile for the pistol does change which is why Crimson Trace works with top holster manufacturers to create holster solutions for all Laserguard equipped firearms.\u00a0 Check out the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimsontrace.com\/uploads\/Crimson_Trace_Holster_Resource_Guide_2.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Holster Resource Guide<\/a> for details on all models.\u00a0 Each Laserguard is pre sighted from the factory at 50\u2019 and is fully adjustable by the user to fine tune it to their chosen self defense ammunition.\u00a0 Featuring the most powerful laser allowable by law, the unit offers an industry leading 4 hour run time on one, easily replaced 1\/3N battery, which also qualifies for the Crimson Trace &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimsontrace.com\/company\/promotions\/free_batteries_for_life\/\" target=\"_blank\">Batteries for Life<\/a>\u2019 program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been working with Smith and Wesson on the Shield since the early days of its development,&#8221; said Michael Caulk, Director of Engineering for Crimson Trace. &#8220;We&#8217;re excited to be able to offer Shield owners the best defensive sight system for this excellent compact pistol.&#8221;\u2028\u2028All Crimson Trace products are proudly designed, engineered and built in the USA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Wilsonville, OR) Crimson Trace today announced its latest Laserguard, the LG-489 for the Smith &amp; Wesson Shield\u00ae in 9mm and 40S&amp;W is now available through distribution, retailers and crimsontrace.com.\u00a0 With an MSRP of $219, the new sight features Instinctive Activation that allows the use to activate the laser by simply taking a natural firing grip, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":16147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[109,2555],"class_list":["post-16144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-industry","tag-crimson-trace","tag-smith-wesson-shield"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}