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| founded = {{start date and age|1994}}<ref name="crimsontrace.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.crimsontrace.com/company/news/article/crimson-trace-founder-honored-by-nra|title=Latest Laser Sight News and Events - Crimson Trace Lasergrips|publisher=|access-date=2015-05-20|archive-date=2015-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521014917/http://www.crimsontrace.com/company/news/article/crimson-trace-founder-honored-by-nra|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| hq_location_city = [[Wilsonville, Oregon]]
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| num_locations = 1<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crimsontrace.com/company/about-us/made-in-usa/|title=About our Company and our Products - Crimson Trace Lasergrips|publisher=|access-date=2015-05-20|archive-date=2015-03-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318062001/http://www.crimsontrace.com/company/about-us/made-in-usa/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| key_people = Lewis Danielson, founder and chairman <br> Lane Tobiassen, president and CEO<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crimsontrace.com/company/news/article/crimson-trace-names-wright-as-new-sales-director|title=Latest Laser Sight News and Events - Crimson Trace Lasergrips|publisher=|access-date=2015-05-20|archive-date=2015-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521020732/http://www.crimsontrace.com/company/news/article/crimson-trace-names-wright-as-new-sales-director|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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[[File:Smith & Wesson .357 Model 686 Plus barrel view.jpg|thumb|left|Smith & Wesson, Model 686 Plus equipped with Crimson Trace laser grip.]]
'''Crimson Trace''' is an American manufacturer of [[laser sight]] equipment, chiefly but not exclusively for pistols. The firm specializes in in-line upper-grip-mounted red and green laser units, trigger-guard mounted sights, and training units. Crimson Trace partners with manufacturers of firearms in product releases, with many models shipping with Crimson Trace lasers preinstalled.<ref name="Mann2013">{{cite book |last=Mann |first=Richard Allen |title=Handgun Training for Personal Protection: How to Choose & Use the Best Sights, Lights, Lasers & Ammunition |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q4AntngR1NMC&pg=PA75 |date=25 March 2013 |publisher=Gun Digest Books |location=Iola, Wisconsin |isbn=978-1-4402-3484-2 |pages=75–76 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In August 2016, [[Smith & Wesson]] purchased Crimson Trace for $95 million. The company was previously owned by Crimson Trace Holdings, backed by Peninsula Capital Partners and [[Lake Oswego, Oregon|Lake Oswego]]-based VergePointe Capital.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2016/07/wilsonville-gun-sight-maker-sold-for-95m-to-smith.html |title=Wilsonville gun sight maker sold for $95M to Smith & Wesson |last=Harris |first=David |date=28 July 2016 |work=[[American City Business Journals]] |accessdate=28 July 2016}}</ref>
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