{"id":27180,"date":"2014-01-06T08:36:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T14:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=27180"},"modified":"2014-01-05T13:50:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T19:50:00","slug":"colt-sponsors-2014-sw-idpa-indoor-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/colt-sponsors-2014-sw-idpa-indoor-nationals\/27180\/","title":{"rendered":"Colt Sponsors 2014 S&#038;W IDPA Indoor Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/BUG-Sponsors-Colt.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-27182\" alt=\"BUG-Sponsors-Colt\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/BUG-Sponsors-Colt.png\" width=\"506\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/BUG-Sponsors-Colt.png 843w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/BUG-Sponsors-Colt-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/BUG-Sponsors-Colt-600x286.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a>BERRYVILLE, Ark. \u2013 American gun making icon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colt.com\/\">Colt<\/a> has signed on as a major sponsor of the sold-out 2014 Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Indoor National Championship, according to an announcement made today by officials with the International Defensive Pistol Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShootIDPA\" target=\"_blank\">IDPA<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Colt joins Apex Tactical Specialties, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, Rand Brands and Smith &amp; Wesson, the title sponsor, in supporting the match. As part of their support, Colt will sponsor one of the 14 stages in the course of fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cColt is one of the best known brands in the world, and as maker of the legendary Colt 1911 they are a natural partner for IDPA where so many of our members not only compete with a 1911 but carry one as well. We\u2019re grateful for Colt\u2019s sponsorship and thank them for their continued support of the shooting sports,\u201d said Robert Ray, membership and marketing director for IDPA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupporting our industry and the shooting sports is extremely important to Colt,\u201d said Joyce Rubino, Vice President of Marketing for Colt\u2019s Manufacturing Company.\u00a0\u201cThis is one of the great IDPA matches of the year, and we look forward to being part of this highly successful event.\u00a0We also wish the best of luck to our own Mark Redl, who will be competing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now in its 17th year, the Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Indoor Nationals will take place February 20-22 on the indoor ranges of the Smith &amp; Wesson Shooting Sports Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. The championship represents the official start of IDPA\u2019s competition season and is regarded as one of the finest competitive shooting matches in the country, thanks to industry support from companies like Colt.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on IDPA, the Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Indoor National Championship or to join IDPA members competing each week, 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>American gun making icon Colt has signed on as a major sponsor of the sold-out 2014 Smith &#038; Wesson IDPA Indoor National Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"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":[620,2362,59],"class_list":["post-27180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idpa","category-shootingsports","tag-colt","tag-idpa-indoor-nationals","tag-smith-wesson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27180","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=27180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}