Ruger Firearms Wins Two 2006 Golden Bullseye Awards
May 19, 2006
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) is pleased to announce two Ruger firearms have been selected to receive NRA Publications "Golden Bullseye" Awards. The .22 caliber Ruger Mark III Hunter pistol was selected as the "2006 American Hunter Hunting Handgun of the Year," and the Ruger M77 Mark II Frontier rifle has been selected as the "2006 Shooting Illustrated Rifle of the Year."
The Golden Bullseye Awards are an acknowledgement of the finest products available in the shooting sports, and are voted on by an eight-member committee consisting of editors, art staff and veteran publications staff, representing more than a century of collective experience in the firearm industry. To qualify for consideration for a Golden Bullseye Award, a product must have been:
- Recently introduced and widely available to consumers in 2005
- Used/tested by a staff member or regular contributor to the magazine
- Reliable in the field, meeting or exceeding the evaluator's expectations
- Innovative in design and function
- Readily perceived as a value to the purchaser
- Styled in a manner befitting the firearm industry and, perhaps more importantly, its enthusiasts
Executive Director of Sales & Marketing Randell Pence accepted on behalf of the Company for its Ruger M77 Mark II Frontier rifle. "This is a rifle that really has to be shot before you realize just how good it is," said Pence. "It's short, light, handy, and fast to shoot, with a forward-mounted scope mounted out on the barrel. We hope this major award continues to generate interest in this remarkable new product," Pence concluded.
About Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.
Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. is one of the nation's leading manufacturers of rugged, reliable firearms for the commercial sporting market. The only full-line manufacturer of American-made firearms, Ruger offers consumers over 400 variations of more than 30 product lines. For more than 60 years, Ruger has been a model of corporate and community responsibility. Our motto, "Arms Makers for Responsible Citizens," echoes the importance of these principles as we work hard to deliver quality and innovative firearms.
The Company may, from time to time, make forward-looking statements and projections concerning future expectations. Such statements are based on current expectations and are subject to certain qualifying risks and uncertainties, such as market demand, sales levels of firearms, anticipated castings sales and earnings, the need for external financing for operations or capital expenditures, the results of pending litigation against the Company, the impact of future firearms control and environmental legislation, and accounting estimates, any one or more of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company undertakes no obligation to publish revised forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date such forward-looking statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of subsequent unanticipated events.
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