{"id":25954,"date":"2013-10-16T11:37:51","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T16:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=25954"},"modified":"2013-10-16T08:51:47","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T13:51:47","slug":"michigan-ammo-sponsors-smith-wesson-idpa-back-up-gun-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/michigan-ammo-sponsors-smith-wesson-idpa-back-up-gun-nationals\/25954\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Ammo Sponsors Smith &#038; Wesson IDPA Back Up Gun Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/LOGO-BUG-Nationals.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-25452\" alt=\"LOGO-BUG-Nationals\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/LOGO-BUG-Nationals-300x223.png\" width=\"240\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/LOGO-BUG-Nationals-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/LOGO-BUG-Nationals-600x447.png 600w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/LOGO-BUG-Nationals.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>BERRYVILLE, Ark. \u2013 The Michigan Ammo Company has signed on as a major sponsor of the inaugural Smith &amp; Wesson <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShootIDPA\" target=\"_blank\">IDPA<\/a> Back Up Gun Nationals taking place November 14-16, 2013, according to officials with the International Defensive Pistol Association.<\/p>\n<p>The Michigan Ammo Company joins Apex Tactical Specialties, the National Shooting Sports Foundation and Smith &amp; Wesson, the title sponsor, in supporting this latest IDPA national championship event. As part of their support Michigan Ammo Company will sponsor one of the 13 stages in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Michigan Ammo Company has been very generous in their support for the major championships hosted by Smith &amp; Wesson and we\u2019re very pleased to welcome them as a sponsor of the inaugural Back Up Gun Nationals,\u201d said Robert Ray, membership and marketing director for IDPA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate all the work Smith &amp; Wesson does in hosting major IDPA competitions and we\u2019re proud to once again partner with them as a sponsor of the new Back Up Gun National Championship,\u201d said Mike Patrick, president of Michigan Ammo Company.<\/p>\n<p>The Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Back Up Gun Nationals will feature a 13-stage course of fire with a round count of 180. Held on the indoor ranges of the Smith &amp; Wesson Shooting Sports Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, match officials expect the event to draw upwards of 200 top IDPA shooters vying for titles in either the Pistol or Revolver division.<\/p>\n<p>Registration for the match has begun and just a handful of slots are still available for those interested in competing. Registration is being conducted online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matchreg.com\/BUG\/\" target=\"_blank\">MatchReg.com\/BUG<\/a>.<\/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 Michigan Ammo Company has signed on as a major sponsor of the inaugural Smith &#038; Wesson IDPA Back Up Gun Nationals taking place November 14-16, 2013, according to officials with the International Defensive Pistol Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25452,"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":[2995,2849,59],"class_list":["post-25954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idpa","category-shootingsports","tag-2013-idpa-back-up-gun-nationals","tag-michigan-ammo-co","tag-smith-wesson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25954","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=25954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}