{"id":24359,"date":"2013-08-01T08:20:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T13:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=24359"},"modified":"2013-07-31T14:10:44","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T19:10:44","slug":"registration-opens-for-inaugural-smith-wesson-idpa-back-up-gun-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/registration-opens-for-inaugural-smith-wesson-idpa-back-up-gun-nationals\/24359\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration Opens For Inaugural Smith &#038; Wesson IDPA Back Up Gun Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BUG-Reg-Today.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-24361\" alt=\"BUG-Reg-Today\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BUG-Reg-Today-300x300.png\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BUG-Reg-Today-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BUG-Reg-Today-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BUG-Reg-Today-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BUG-Reg-Today.png 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>BERRYVILLE, Ark. \u2013 The International Defensive Pistol Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShootIDPA\" target=\"_blank\">IDPA<\/a>) announced that open registration for the first ever <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smith-wesson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Smith &amp; Wesson<\/a> Back Up Gun Nationals will take place <strong>today, Thursday, August 1, starting at noon eastern time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the small, subcompact pistols and revolvers used for concealed carry and personal defense, the Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Back Up Gun Nationals will be a fully sanctioned championship consisting of shooting strings utilizing a maximum of five rounds and stages made up of one or more shooting strings with multiple starts allowing competitors to reload off the clock.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural Smith &amp; Wesson Back Up Gun Nationals will take place November 14-16, 2013, and will be held on the indoor ranges of the Smith &amp; Wesson Shooting Sports Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. Competitors will compete in either the Pistol or Revolver division.<\/p>\n<p>The competition is open to any current IDPA member. To register, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matchreg.com\/BUG\/\" target=\"_blank\">MatchReg.com\/BUG<\/a>. To select a classification, IDPA members should use their highest classification in the three pistol divisions (CDP, ESP, SSP) or the two revolver divisions (ESR, SSR).<\/p>\n<p>An earlier registration period has been offered to a select group of pre-qualified shooters based on their top performance in the 2012 IDPA U.S. National Championship and the 2013 Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Indoor National Championship. These pre-qualified slots are not transferable and any slot not taken will be available for the general, open registration which is conducted on a first come, first served basis.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on IDPA, the inaugural Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Back Up Gun Nationals or to join the more than 22,000 members competing each week all across America, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.IDPA.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can further connect with the IDPA community through IDPA\u2019s social media, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/officialidpa\" target=\"_blank\">@OfficialIDPA<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter and ShootIDPA on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShootIDPA\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/shootidpa#\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/shootidpa\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/shootidpa.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>,\u00a0or check for regular news and updates on the\u00a0organization\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/blog\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">DOWN ZERO Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) announced that open registration for the first ever Smith &#038; Wesson Back Up Gun Nationals will take place today, Thursday, August 1, starting at noon eastern time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24361,"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":[],"class_list":["post-24359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idpa","category-shootingsports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24359","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=24359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}