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)

March 8, 2007

STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

DELAWARE		06-0633559
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	001-10435 (Commission File Number)	(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 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

     On March 8, 2007, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the sale of non-manufacturing real property located in New Hampshire. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., dated March 8, 2007 regarding the sale of non-manufacturing real property located in New Hampshire to William B. Ruger, Jr., the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board.

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, Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Dated: March 8, 2007

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EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. REPORTS SALE OF

NON-MANUFACTURING REAL ESTATE

     SOUTHPORT, CONNECTICUT, March 8, 2007 — Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE-RGR) announced that it sold 42 parcels of non-manufacturing real property located in New Hampshire for $7.2 million today. The purchaser of the property was William B. Ruger, Jr., the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board.

     The Company expects to realize a gain of approximately $5.1 million from this sale in the first quarter of 2007. In December 2006, the Company announced its intention of selling non-manufacturing real property assets and artwork. This sale included substantially all of the Company’s non-manufacturing real property assets in New Hampshire.

About Sturm, Ruger

     Sturm, Ruger was founded in 1949. The Company’s business segments are engaged in the manufacture of the world famous RUGER^â brand of sporting and law enforcement firearms and steel investment castings for a variety of customers and end uses. Plants are located in Newport, New Hampshire and Prescott, Arizona. Corporate headquarters is located in Southport, Connecticut.

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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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