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| Great story of an interesting LEO and a top-notch Sig.
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| I agree with everybody else how it's a great story. I'm certain she didn't let on about whatever struggles she came up against but that just shows her character. Great story and what an example for her children.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
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| Does she still have the Model 10? |
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| quote: Originally posted by Citadel:
Does she still have the Model 10?
Nope. In the early 90s my dad traded it for a Savage 20 gauge/22lr combo, that us kids used for squirrel hunting. He didn’t get rid of guns too often but the few I remember, I wish he wouldn’t. He was more into hunting rifles and shotguns. Once he traded a Ruger 44 magnum revolver for a Rem 700 .243, which I still have, and another one was a Ruger P89 for a Mossberg 500, which I still have. The only other time, he sold his beloved 870 to cover the expenses of a hospital visit for kidney stones. |
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| Very nice gun, and a great story to go with it. Your mom is one tough lady....that was a hard time to be a cop, especially as a female. That was a great gift from you dad, too...that was a LOT of money for a gun back then...he definitely sprang for the best!
Cool that you mention Keiesler's. As a cop in Indiana, my first duty gun, a P229, came from there. My department bought it used and it went through a string of reserves before it got assigned to me. I ended up staying on and going full-time, and kept that gun until we switched over to the P320 a few years back. I bought it from the department, and still have it. |
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| It is even better that you spend time with each other and enjoy a life worth living. Tell her that everyone on SigForum wishes her a happy birthday!
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| | | Posts: 9152 | Location: Somewhere looking for ammo that nobody has at a place I haven't been to for a pistol I couldn't live without... | Registered: December 02, 2014 |
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| Your mother must have been a great woman to do what see did at that time. Even today that would be a great accomplishment. I bet she inspired a lot of young women. To see her thrive in a male dominant field at the time. Neat you have her service piece. And a Sig is a bonus. Glad she is still doing her thing 
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| Cool Mom- Congratulations. $800 seems about right for the time period. Back then Sigs were uncommon and expensive.
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| | | Posts: 13399 | Location: Bottom of Lake Washington | Registered: March 06, 2007 |
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| Very cool story and 228! You guys should take that out and shoot it on her birthday. |
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| Cool story… one of the better posts I’ve seen in a while. I grew up in Louisville before moving just across the river to Southern Indiana when I met my wife. |
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| I liked the gun but loved the story. I'm from the era when there were few women on the Department, at least in the South, and still remember our first.
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