{"id":25866,"date":"2013-10-04T09:23:28","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T14:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=25866"},"modified":"2013-10-04T07:59:48","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T12:59:48","slug":"apex-tactical-specialties-backs-smith-wesson-live-free-or-die-idpa-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/apex-tactical-specialties-backs-smith-wesson-live-free-or-die-idpa-match\/25866\/","title":{"rendered":"Apex Tactical Specialties Backs Smith &#038; Wesson Live Free Or Die IDPA Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/LOGO-Apex-Tactical.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-19282\" alt=\"Apex Tactical Specialties logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/LOGO-Apex-Tactical-300x223.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/LOGO-Apex-Tactical-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/LOGO-Apex-Tactical.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>BERRYVILLE, Ark. \u2013 It\u2019s Live Free Or Die style <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShootIDPA\">IDPA<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apextactical.com\/\">Apex Tactical Specialties<\/a> as the California-based maker of aftermarket gun parts steps up as a major sponsor of the 2013 Smith &amp; Wesson Live Free Or Die State IDPA Championship.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to sponsoring the Live Free Or Die, Apex is also the presenting sponsor of the new <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. The King of New England is made up of select stages from three New England area championships: the 17th Annual Massachusetts State Championship, the New England Regional and the Live Free Or Die State IDPA Championship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were very excited to be named the third and final leg of the new King of New England series presented by Apex, but to also have them as a major sponsor of the Smith &amp; Wesson Live Free Or Die is further evidence that IDPA here in the Granite State is making a huge comeback,\u201d said Ken Lambert, match director. \u201cWe are grateful to Apex Tactical Specialties for their continued, generous support of IDPA competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apex joins Comp-Tac Victory Gear, iMarksman, RangeLog, Ruger, 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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/pioneer-bebas-font-color.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-25868\" alt=\"Print\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/pioneer-bebas-font-color-300x300.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/pioneer-bebas-font-color-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/pioneer-bebas-font-color-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/pioneer-bebas-font-color-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/pioneer-bebas-font-color-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/pioneer-bebas-font-color-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/pioneer-bebas-font-color.jpg 1473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>\u201cIDPA is growing everyday and certainly in New England where so many are competing in IDPA nearly every weekend. Apex is proud to play a part in this continued growth by sponsoring great matches like the 2013 Smith &amp; Wesson Live Free Or Die State Championship,\u201d said Scott Folk of Apex.<\/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>It\u2019s Live Free Or Die style IDPA for Apex Tactical Specialties as the California-based maker of aftermarket gun parts steps up as a major sponsor of the 2013 Smith &#038; Wesson Live Free Or Die State IDPA Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19282,"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":[489,3074,59],"class_list":["post-25866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idpa","category-shootingsports","tag-apex-tactical","tag-live-free-or-die","tag-smith-wesson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25866","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=25866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}