Here is a newspaper clipping I found, she would be about 34 years old


Here is a photo from 2 years ago at my wedding. I was 38, she was 65.


I will just make this a thread in honor of her, her birthday is in a couple days. I see her just about everyday, we take several walks a week. She is from Eastern KY, the daughter of a coal miner and moonshiner

Great story of an interesting LEO and a top-notch Sig.

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.

Fantastic 228 and the family history to go with it. Be sure to preserve it all as it continues through the next generation plus.

Back in those days, Sigs cost about what they do now! When I started in 94, people thought I was crazy forking out $795 for my two tone 226 and that was after the employee discount from the cop shop I worked at, as the owner was also on the PD I was just starting at. I seem to remember the shelf price was $899.

Beautiful gun and love the story.

Does she still have the Model 10?

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

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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.

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.

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!

What a great story. Thank you for sharing. Your mom is a badass. So awesome your dad got her such an iconic pistol which is now passed to you. Glad you see your mom often. Merry Christmas

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

Cool Mom- Congratulations.

$800 seems about right for the time period. Back then Sigs were uncommon and expensive.

Cool story about mom and gun

I bought my first sig a 220 with k kote and factory night sights for $805 in 1994. I would have gotten the 228 but my dad talked me into the 45. Took me years to get a German 228.

Very cool story and 228! You guys should take that out and shoot it on her birthday.

What a great story. It's funny, I got my 228 in 2008 and I didn't pay much more than your Dad did.

Great story. Thanks for sharing. Love the p228.

How neat.
My P225 went the other way. A lady deputy bought it for its single stack grip, but after a while learned she could handle a double stack and traded it in on a Glock like most of the guys had.

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.

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.

You must be real proud of your Mom.

Bob