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**Ed Ely** · 04-23-2008, 02:11 PM

April 23, 2008

SOUTHPORT, CONNECTICUT, April 22, 2008 - Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE-RGR) today filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2008, which has been posted and is available on the SEC website at U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Home Page) and the Ruger website at Ruger Corporate. The financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are attached to this press release.

However, investors are urged to read the complete Form 10-Q to ensure that they 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.

Media Contact:

Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.

FYI

Ed

trik396 · 04-23-2008, 04:06 PM

Ruger is one of my investment advisor's top recommendations. Almost zero debt, new manufacturing facilities.... and cheap... nice bump up today also.

Brickboy240 · 04-23-2008, 04:24 PM

Hmm...a US company made a profit?

I guess as long as its not an oil company making a profit...thats cool with everyone, eh?

LOL

- Brickboy240

**jnclement** · 04-23-2008, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brickboy240

I guess as long as its not an oil company making a profit...thats cool with everyone, eh?
- Brickboy240

OK for Apple and Microsoft too.

So Flo · 04-23-2008, 05:29 PM

I was glad to see this...my shares of RGR were floundering a bit. It had a nice run today!
Now if my shares of Taser (TASR) and Smith and Wesson (SWHC) will take a run, I'd be quite pleased!

04-23-2008, 02:11 PM	#1
Ed Ely XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: 37.65N -84.76W (Elev. 932 ft) Posts: 7,801 Blog Entries: 1	Ruger Reports First Quarter 2008 Earnings...FYI April 23, 2008 SOUTHPORT, CONNECTICUT, April 22, 2008 - Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE-RGR) today filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2008, which has been posted and is available on the SEC website at U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Home Page) and the Ruger website at Ruger Corporate. The financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are attached to this press release. However, investors are urged to read the complete Form 10-Q to ensure that they 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. Media Contact: Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. FYI Ed

04-23-2008, 04:06 PM	#2
trik396 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: currently elsewhere Posts: 1,765	Ruger is one of my investment advisor's top recommendations. Almost zero debt, new manufacturing facilities.... and cheap... nice bump up today also. __________________ ‘‘When we got organized as a country and we wrote a fairly radical Constitution with a radical Bill of Rights, giving a radical amount of individual freedom to Americans ...... And so a lot of people say there's too much personal freedom. When personal freedom's being abused, you have to move to limit it.’’ — Bill Clinton, 3-22-94

04-23-2008, 04:24 PM	#3
Brickboy240 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 9,853	Hmm...a US company made a profit? I guess as long as its not an oil company making a profit...thats cool with everyone, eh? LOL - Brickboy240 __________________ The top 25% of wage earners in America pay 86% of all federal income taxes collected. (according to 2007 IRS website data) Es mejor morir a pie que vivir arrodillado Volvo...the Swedish Brick!

04-23-2008, 05:29 PM	#5
So Flo XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wellington, Florida Posts: 12,820	I was glad to see this...my shares of RGR were floundering a bit. It had a nice run today! Now if my shares of Taser (TASR) and Smith and Wesson (SWHC) will take a run, I'd be quite pleased! __________________ No Guns, Know Crime. Know Guns, No Crime! http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member3984.png

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