STURM, RUGER SUBMITS BID FOR SMITH AND WESSON

  Sturm, Ruger and Co Inc said it
  submitted a bid in excess of 60 mln dlrs for Smith and Wesson,
  a manufacturer of law enforcement firearms, and a unit of Lear
  Siegler.
      Smith and wesson is among a number of companies being sold
  by Forstman and Little after its recent acquisition of Lear
  Siegler.
  

