{"id":31940,"date":"2014-10-21T09:28:17","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T14:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=31940"},"modified":"2014-10-19T15:50:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T20:50:10","slug":"fmg-publications-sponsors-smith-wesson-idpa-back-up-gun-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/fmg-publications-sponsors-smith-wesson-idpa-back-up-gun-nationals\/31940\/","title":{"rendered":"FMG Publications Sponsors Smith &#038; Wesson IDPA Back Up Gun Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/LOGO-FMG-Pubs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-20372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/LOGO-FMG-Pubs.jpg\" alt=\"LOGO-FMG-Pubs\" width=\"250\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a>BERRYVILLE, Ark. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FMGPublications\" target=\"_blank\">FMG Publications<\/a>, one of the leading magazine publishers catering to the firearms enthusiast and shooting sports participant, and owner of such well respected titles as <em>American Handgunner<\/em> and <em>GUNS Magazine<\/em>, has signed on as a returning sponsor of the Smith &amp; Wesson <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">IDPA<\/a> Back Up Gun Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>FMG Publications joins Apex Tactical Specialties, GLOCK, the Sig Sauer Academy and Smith &amp; Wesson, the title sponsor, in supporting this popular IDPA national championship event. As part of their support, FMG Publications will sponsor one of the 14 stages of the course of fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFMG Publications has a long record of supporting the shooting sports, both in the pages of their various publications and through sponsorship of major matches. IDPA is very proud to once again be working with FMG Publications to bring our members another great Smith &amp; Wesson Back Up Gun Nationals,\u201d said Robert Ray, membership and marketing director for IDPA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LOGO-2014-BUG-Nats.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-30184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LOGO-2014-BUG-Nats-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"Back Up Gun Nationals logo\" width=\"250\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LOGO-2014-BUG-Nats-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LOGO-2014-BUG-Nats-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LOGO-2014-BUG-Nats-600x444.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LOGO-2014-BUG-Nats.jpg 1933w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>The 2014 Smith &amp; Wesson Back Up Gun Nationals will be held November 6-8 on the indoor ranges of the company\u2019s Shooting Sports Center.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on IDPA, the 2014 Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Back Up Gun Nationals or to join the nearly 24,000 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>BERRYVILLE, Ark. \u2013 FMG Publications, one of the leading magazine publishers catering to the firearms enthusiast and shooting sports participant, and owner of such well respected titles as American Handgunner and GUNS Magazine, has signed on as a returning sponsor of the Smith &amp; Wesson IDPA Back Up Gun Nationals. FMG Publications joins Apex Tactical [&hellip;]<\/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":[3394,1945,3607,59],"class_list":["post-31940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idpa","category-shootingsports","tag-2014-back-up-gun-nationals","tag-fmg-publications","tag-idpa","tag-smith-wesson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31940","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=31940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31940\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}