{"id":25787,"date":"2013-09-30T09:47:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T14:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=25787"},"modified":"2013-10-01T22:03:20","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T03:03:20","slug":"ruger-sponsors-smith-wesson-live-free-or-die-state-idpa-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/ruger-sponsors-smith-wesson-live-free-or-die-state-idpa-championship\/25787\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruger Sponsors Smith &#038; Wesson Live Free Or Die State IDPA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/LFOD-Ruger-Sponsorship.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-25788\" alt=\"LFOD-Ruger-Sponsorship\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/LFOD-Ruger-Sponsorship.png\" width=\"506\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/LFOD-Ruger-Sponsorship.png 843w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/LFOD-Ruger-Sponsorship-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/LFOD-Ruger-Sponsorship-600x286.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a>BERRYVILLE, Ark. \u2013 New Hampshire\u2019s own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruger.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ruger Firearms<\/a> continues its support for the shooting sports as a primary sponsor of the 2013 Smith &amp; Wesson Live Free Or Die State <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShootIDPA\" target=\"_blank\">IDPA<\/a> Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Ruger joins iMarksman, RangeLog, SIG SAUER, Taurus and Smith &amp; Wesson, the title sponsor of the match, as one of the main sponsors of the sold out championship event slated to take place October 18-20 at the Pioneer Sportsmen Club in Dunbarton, N.H.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRuger is a titan in the gun industry and more importantly a major employer here in New Hampshire. Our friends and neighbors are part of that proud gun making tradition at Ruger and their commitment to supporting our state championship could not mean more to us,\u201d said Ken Lambert, match director.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing part of matches, especially in our backyard here in New England, is a way to support the shooting sports, our customers and encourage employees to get involved. Our extensive product line lends itself to many competitive disciplines and competition provides valuable feedback,\u201d said Ken Jorgensen of Ruger.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to determining the New Hampshire state title, the match will also serve as the final leg of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/blog\/post\/2013\/05\/22\/Apex-Tactical-Presents-King-of-New-England-IDPA-Series.aspx\">King of New England<\/a> contest presented by Apex Tactical. The 17th Annual Massachusetts State Championship and the New England Regional, both sponsored by Smith &amp; Wesson, make up the first and second legs, respectively, of the newly announced series.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on IDPA, 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>New Hampshire\u2019s own Ruger Firearms continues its support for the shooting sports as a primary sponsor of the 2013 Smith &#038; Wesson Live Free Or Die State IDPA Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25788,"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":[3074,25,59],"class_list":["post-25787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idpa","category-shootingsports","tag-live-free-or-die","tag-ruger","tag-smith-wesson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25787","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=25787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}