---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001174947-26-000435"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGR"
cik: "0000095029"
company_name: "STURM RUGER & CO INC"
filed_at: "2026-03-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T08:46:08.795886+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ruger appoints Andrew Wieland as CFO; Tom Dineen to step down March 31

## Summary
- Tom Dineen steps down as CFO effective March 31, 2026; will remain until April 30.
- Andrew Wieland succeeds as CFO and Senior VP on April 1, 2026.
- Wieland previously VP of Finance at Eaton Electrical Sector Americas; no family ties or arrangements.
- Severance agreement provides 18-24 months salary; one-year term with auto-renewal.
- Dineen served as CFO since 2003; company cites planned long-term transition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001174947-26-000435
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGR
- cik: 0000095029
- company_name: STURM RUGER & CO INC
- filed_at: 2026-03-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494726000435/0001174947-26-000435-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95029/000117494726000435/form8k-35634_rgr.htm

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