SOUTHPORT, CONNECTICUT - Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE-RGR) will file its 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K on Wednesday, February 24, 2010, after the close of the stock market.

On Thursday, February 25, 2010, Sturm, Ruger will host a webcast at 9:00 a.m. EST to discuss the 2009 operating results. Interested parties can access the webcast a www.ruger.com/corporate/ o www.earnings.com, or call in at (866) 356-3095, participant passcode 86419260.

The Form 10-K will be available on the SEC website a www.sec.gov and the Ruger website a www.ruger.com/corporate/ as soon as practicable after the filing. Concurrent with the filing of the Form 10-K, an earnings release containing the 2009 financial statements will be issued. However, we urge investors to read our complete Form 10-K in order to have adequate information to make informed investment judgments.

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.