STURM RUGER & CO INC — Director's Dealing 2009

May 1, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: STURM RUGER & CO INC (RGR)
CIK: 0000095029
Period of Report: 2009-04-29

Reporting Person: Merkel Stephen T (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-04-29	Common Stock	A	2024	—	Acquired	12081	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The restricted stock vests and becomes exercisable on the date of the Company's 2010 Annual Meeting.

F2: Since the date of this person's last ownership report, he transfered 2,000 shares to his former wife pursuant to a domestic relations order. The reporting person no longer reports as beneficially owned any securities owned by his former wife.