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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

September 30, 2020

STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | 001-10435 (Commission File Number) | 06-0633559 (IRS Employer Identification Number)

One Lacey Place, Southport, Connecticut | 06890
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code)

(203) 259-7843

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock | RGR | NYSE

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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| Item 8.01 | Other Events

On September 30, 2020, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. issued a press release announcing it had agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets related to the design, development, testing, manufacture, marketing and sale of Marlin brand products using the Marlin name (collectively, the "Marlin Assets") for an aggregate purchase price of $30 million, payable in cash at closing. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No. | Description

| 99.1 | Press release of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., dated September 30, 2020, announcing it had agreed to acquire the Marlin Assets

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

| STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.
| By: | /S/ THOMAS A. DINEEN
|  | Name: | Thomas A. Dineen
|  | Title: | Principal Financial Officer,
|  |  | Principal Accounting Officer,
|  |  | Senior Vice President, Treasurer and
|  |  | Chief Financial Officer

Dated: September 30, 2020

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