Sturm Ruger & Company Inc

Sturm Ruger & Company Inc. together with its subsidiaries designs manufactures and sells firearms under the Ruger name and trademark in the United States. It operates through two segments Firearms and Castings. The company provides single-shot autoloading bolt-action and sporting rifles; rimfire and centerfire autoloading pistols; single-action and double-action revolvers; and firearms accessories and replacement parts as well as manufactures lever-action rifles under the Marlin name and trademark. The company also manufactures and sells steel investment castings and metal injection molding (MIM) parts. It sells its firearm products through independent wholesale distributors principally to the commercial sporting market; and castings and MIM parts directly or through manufacturers' representatives. The company also exports its firearm products through a network of commercial distributors and directly to foreign customers comprising primarily of law enforcement agencies and foreign governments. Sturm Ruger & Company Inc. was founded in 1949 and is based in Southport Connecticut.