Archive for gun lights

Crimson Trace Lightguard

The LTG-760 supplements a handheld flashlight for defensive work, and is an integral part of a personal-protection strategy.

July 16, 2012

Lightguard Doesn’t Fit Colt 1991

While swapping the Lightguard from my Kimber to my Colt, I discovered that Crimson Trace’s listing as it is for Kimber, Ruger and Smith & Wesson 1911s was accurate. The trigger guard on my Colt is just slightly too thick.

June 13, 2012

Crimson Trace 1911 Lightguard

Last year, I had an opportunity to try out the Crimson Trace Lightguard at Gunsite in a variety of night exercises. At the time, the only handgun that the new Lightguard was available for was the Smith & Wesson M&P. While there, a few of us writer types asked when a Lightguard would be coming for 1911 handguns. The only answer we received from Crimson Trace representative Iain Harrison was a smile, which we took as it was coming; he just wasn’t sure when.

June 07, 2012

Flashlight-Assisted Handgun Shooting

Employ the flashlight techniques illustrated here to prevail during the time most armed encounters occur.

January 27, 2012