8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

February 5, 2010

STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

DELAWARE (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	001-10435 (Commission File Number)	06-0633559 (IRS Employer Identification Number)
ONE LACEY PLACE, SOUTHPORT, CONNECTICUT		06890
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (203) 259-7843

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01  Other Events

On February 5, 2010, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company’s Board of Directors expanded its stock repurchase program from $4.7 million to $10 million.  The Company is now authorized to repurchase up to $10 million of its Common Stock from time to time in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No. 99.1  Description   Press release of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. dated February 5, 2010, announcing the expansion of the Company’s stock repurchase program by the Board of Directors.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.
	By:	/s/ THOMAS A. DINEEN
		Name:	Thomas A. Dineen
		Title:	Principal Financial Officer, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Dated:  February 5, 2010

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EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

SOUTHPORT, CONNECTICUT 06890 U.S.A.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF ITS

STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM TO $10 MILLION

SOUTHPORT, CONNECTICUT, February 5, 2010 - Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE-RGR) today announced that its Board of Directors has expanded its stock repurchase program from $4.7 million to $10 million.  The Company is now authorized to repurchase up to $10 million of its common stock from time to time in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions.

About Sturm, Ruger

Sturm, Ruger was founded in 1949 and is one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of high-quality firearms for the commercial sporting market.  Sturm, Ruger is headquartered in Southport, CT, with manufacturing facilities located in Newport, NH and Prescott, AZ.

The Company may, from time to time, make forward-looking statements and projections concerning future expectations.  Such statements are based on current expectations and are subject to certain qualifying risks and uncertainties, such as market demand, sales levels of firearms, anticipated castings sales and earnings, the need for external financing for operations or capital expenditures, the results of pending litigation against the Company including lawsuits filed by mayors, attorneys general and other governmental entities and membership organizations, the impact of future firearms control and environmental legislation, and accounting estimates, any one or more of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.  Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made.  The Company undertakes no obligation to publish revised forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date such forward-looking statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of subsequent unanticipated events.

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