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Ruger Announces the Repurchase of 4.3 Million Shares of Its Common Stock at $5.90 Per Share
September 26, 2006
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) today announced that the Company repurchased 4,272,000 shares of its common stock, representing 15.9% of the total shares outstanding from its largest shareholder, Ruger Business Holdings, L.P. The purchase price of $5.90 per share results in a total purchase price of $25,204,800. Yesterday, the closing price of the Company's stock on the New York Stock Exchange was $7.32. Following this transaction, the Company's total number of outstanding shares is 22,638,720.

Ruger Management, Inc. is the sole general partner of Ruger Business Holdings, L.P. and is owned by William B. Ruger, Jr. and Carolyn R. Vogel, the son and daughter of Company founder William B. Ruger. Mr. Ruger, Jr. resigned as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. on February 13, 2006, and retired as its Chief Executive Officer on February 28, 2006. The William B. Ruger Revocable Trust of 1988 is the sole limited partner of Ruger Business Holdings, L.P.

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, 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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CORPORATE NEWS
Ruger Announces the Repurchase of 4.3 Million Shares of Its Common Stock at $5.90 Per Share September 26, 2006 Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) today announced that the Company repurchased 4,272,000 shares of its common stock, representing 15.9% of the total shares outstanding from its largest shareholder, Ruger Business Holdings, L.P. The purchase price of $5.90 per share results in a total purchase price of $25,204,800. Yesterday, the closing price of the Company's stock on the New York Stock Exchange was $7.32. Following this transaction, the Company's total number of outstanding shares is 22,638,720. Ruger Management, Inc. is the sole general partner of Ruger Business Holdings, L.P. and is owned by William B. Ruger, Jr. and Carolyn R. Vogel, the son and daughter of Company founder William B. Ruger. Mr. Ruger, Jr. resigned as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. on February 13, 2006, and retired as its Chief Executive Officer on February 28, 2006. The William B. Ruger Revocable Trust of 1988 is the sole limited partner of Ruger Business Holdings, L.P. 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, 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. Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. “Arms Makers for Responsible Citizens”®
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