Sturm Ruger
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| Traded as | : RGR S&P 600 Component |
| Industry | Firearms |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founder | William B. Ruger and Alexander McCormick Sturm |
| Headquarters | Southport, Connecticut, United States |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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C. Michael Jacobi (Chairman) Christopher J. Killoy (President and Chief Executive Officer) Thomas A. Dineen (Vice President and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer) |
| Products | Revolvers, Pistols, Rifles, Shotguns |
| Revenue | $679 million (2013) |
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Number of employees
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2,000 (2013) |
| Website | www.ruger.com |
Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc., better known by the shortened name Ruger, is an American firearm manufacturing company based in Southport, Connecticut with production facilities also in Newport, New Hampshire, Mayodan, North Carolina and Prescott, Arizona. The company was founded in 1949 by Alexander McCormick Sturm and William B. Ruger and has been publicly traded since 1969.
Ruger produces bolt-action, semi-automatic, and single-shot rifles, shotguns, semi-automatic pistols, and single- and double-action revolvers. According to the ATF statistics for 2015, Ruger is currently America's largest firearm manufacturer, as well as the second largest pistol/revolver manufacturer (behind Smith & Wesson) and rifle manufacturer (behind Remington) in the USA.
Sturm, Ruger & Company was founded by William B. Ruger and Alexander McCormick Sturm in 1949 in a small rented machine shop in Southport, Connecticut.
Just prior to their partnership, Bill Ruger had successfully duplicated two Japanese "baby" Nambu pistols in his garage, from a captured Nambu that he acquired from a returning Marine, at the close of World War II. When it came to designing their first semi-auto pistol, Ruger decided to incorporate the looks of the German 9mm Luger and the American Colt Woodsman into their first commercially produced .22 caliber pistol (see Ruger Standard), which became so successful that it launched the entire company.
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