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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-05-041722.txt : 20050809
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-05-041722.hdr.sgml : 20050809
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20050809182815
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-05-041722
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050801
FILED AS OF DATE:		20050809
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050809

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Strasser Joseph C
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001335777

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10435
		FILM NUMBER:		051011342

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2032597843

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O STURM RUGER & COMPANY INC
		STREET 2:		ONE LACEY PLACE
		CITY:			SOUTHPORT
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06890

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STURM RUGER & CO INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000095029
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ORDNANCE & ACCESSORIES, (NO VEHICLES/GUIDED MISSILES) [3480]
		IRS NUMBER:				060633559
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 LACEY PLACE
		CITY:			SOUTHPORT
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06490
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2032597843

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 2:		1 LACEY PLACE
		CITY:			SOUTHPORT
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06490
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<TYPE>3
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>MAIN DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2005-08-01</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000095029</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>STURM RUGER &amp; CO INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>RGR</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001335777</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Strasser Joseph C</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O STURM, RUGER, &amp; COMPANY, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>ONE LACEY PLACE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SOUTHPORT</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>06890</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Non-Employee Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>10.88</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2005-08-01</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2015-08-01</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>20000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">5,000 shares of stock become exercisable on August 1, 2005, and the remaining 15,000 shares become exercisable in equal annual installments of 5,000 shares on each anniversary beginning on August, 1, 2006.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Leslie Gasper as attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-08-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
</XML>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>y11790_js.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
<PAGE>
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Stephen L. Sanetti, Leslie M. Gasper and Jeffery E.
LaGueux, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

      (1)   Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
            capacity as an officer and/or director of Sturm, Ruger & Company,
            Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section
            16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as the same may be
            amended from time to time (the "Act") and the rules thereunder;

      (2)   Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
            which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
            Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
            thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities
            and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
            and

      (3)   Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
            foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
            benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
            undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
            attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
            of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
            conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
            attorney-in-fact's discretion.

            The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Act.

            This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 3rd day of August, 2005.

                                    /s/ Joseph C. Strasser
                                    Signature

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