{"id":20319,"date":"2013-02-15T11:15:49","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T17:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=20319"},"modified":"2013-02-14T14:47:42","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T20:47:42","slug":"leupold-blade-tech-tarheel-targets-and-others-step-up-to-sponsor-smith-wesson-idpa-indoor-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/leupold-blade-tech-tarheel-targets-and-others-step-up-to-sponsor-smith-wesson-idpa-indoor-nationals\/20319\/","title":{"rendered":"Leupold, Blade-Tech, Tarheel Targets And Others Step Up To Sponsor Smith &#038; Wesson IDPA Indoor Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BERRYVILLE, Ark. \u2013 With the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smith-wesson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Smith &amp; Wesson<\/a> IDPA Indoor National Championship in just a few days, companies are lining up to support the event, including the latest sponsors Leupold, Blade-Tech, Tarheel Targets, Cheaper Than Dirt!, Ergo Grip, Guns &amp; Gear Outlet, Predator Tactical and Schuemann Barrels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SWIN-Sponsors-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20320\" alt=\"SWIN-Sponsors-3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SWIN-Sponsors-3.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SWIN-Sponsors-3.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SWIN-Sponsors-3-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SWIN-Sponsors-3-600x252.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sold-out 2013 Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Indoor National Championship takes place on the indoor ranges of the Smith &amp; Wesson Shooting Sports Center in Springfield, Massachusetts on Thursday, February 21, and will conclude with the awards banquet on Saturday, February 23.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Indoor Nationals has tremendous industry support and Blade-Tech, Cheaper Than Dirt!, Ergo Grip, Guns &amp; Gear Outlet, Leupold, Predator Tactical, Schuemann Barrels and Tarheel Targets have all earned the respect and gratitude of IDPA and its members with their generous support for the Smith &amp; Wesson match,\u201d said Robert Ray, membership and marketing director for IDPA.<\/p>\n<p>The International Defensive Pistol Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">IDPA<\/a>) announced that these companies have joined the long list of those supporting the match, including Action Target, Apex Tactical Specialties, Heckler &amp; Koch, Hogue Grips, Militec, PowerTech\/Smith &amp; Wesson Flashlights, Pro Ears, Rainier Ballistics, Ritchie Leather, Safariland, Samson, StormLake Barrels, Swab-its and Taylor Brands\/Smith &amp; Wesson Knives, and major match sponsors ACADEMI, Brownells, Comp-Tac Victory Gear, CORBON, GLOCK, GlockTriggers.com, Harris Publications, Michigan Ammo Company, Mossberg, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, Nighthawk Custom, Panteao Productions, Ruger, Speed Shooter Specialties, Taurus, Trijicon, Wilson Combat and match host Smith &amp; Wesson.<\/p>\n<p>Widely regarded as one of the finest competitive shooting events in the country, the Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Indoor National Championship represents the official start of IDPA\u2019s competition season. More than 300 of the sport\u2019s best shooters are expected to compete for titles in Custom Defensive Pistol, Enhanced Service Pistol, Stock Service Pistol, Stock Service Revolver and Enhanced Service Revolver, the five divisions within IDPA.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on IDPA, the Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Indoor National Championship or to find a club near you, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.IDPA.com<\/a>. You can also connect with IDPA online by following <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/officialidpa\" target=\"_blank\">@OfficialIDPA<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShootIDPA\" target=\"_blank\">ShootIDPA<\/a>\u00a0on Facebook, watch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/IDPAtv\" target=\"_blank\">IDPA TV<\/a>, or check for regular updates on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/blog\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">DOWN ZERO Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Smith &#038; Wesson IDPA Indoor National Championship in just a few days, companies are lining up to support the event, including the latest sponsors Leupold, Blade-Tech, Tarheel Targets, Cheaper Than Dirt!, Ergo Grip, Guns &#038; Gear Outlet, Predator Tactical and Schuemann Barrels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[164,2597],"tags":[2677,784,1199,2868,2869,2425,976,2870,59,2867],"class_list":["post-20319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idpa","category-shootingsports","tag-2013-idpa-indoor-nationals","tag-blade-tech-industries","tag-cheaper-than-dirt","tag-ergo-grip","tag-guns-gear-outlet","tag-leupold","tag-predator-tactical","tag-schuemann-barrels","tag-smith-wesson","tag-tarheel-targets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20319","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}