How many other things 100 years old are still in use?

[Watertender]

Part of my job is taking care of the medical gasses for the hospital. I had to change the CO2 cylinders and found a couple that are interesting. One was tested in 1923 and been in use since.

The other was tested in Nazi Germany in 1937 and after WW2 the swastika on the German tested cylinders was made into a window pane. You can see that the swastika is stamped deeper than the other lines.

I wonder how many other things last as long as these cylinders?

 

[eveled]

Not all Swastikas are Nazi. Lots of cast items like big valves have them. Before ww2 it was a common symbol of prosperity. It was stolen from us much like the rainbow symbol today.

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I can't think of many things that are 100+ years old that are still in service. Still existing and still in service are 2 different things.

 

[KIR]

In four more years, my Winchester Sporting Rifle, mfg. in 1908 will make the grade. I just hope I am still around to pull the trigger on it.

 

[41Dude]

I have a Lithgow Lee Enfield No1 MkIII
Made in 1922. Re barreled and serial matched somewhere along the way. I was lucky as the barrel rifling is pristine. Great shooter with lower to medium power reloads.
I do not firewall loads with this one. I have to take a full length photo of it but here is what I have.

 

[kmoore]

My Winchester model 1886, made in 1890. About 60 years ago it got a new barrel. About 15 years it got refinished and I replaced a part in the action. Wish I could say it put elk in the freezer for me, but it has not, yet.

 

[contender]

Unique gunpowder is over 100 yrs old & still going strong.

 

[Mike J]

I have a Spanish Mauser that is I believe over 100 years old. I have shot it but I don't really now. The sights, at their lowest position are regulated for 300 meters so if you shoot it at 100 yards or less you hit about 7" high. I did some research long ago on scoping it but it really didn't seem worth the trouble & if there is a case head failure the gases would not be vented away from the shooters face like they would with later designs. I did work though.

For what it is worth, many years ago an apprentice that was sent out with a delivery from the company I am working for now had a bottle blow up on him. I am trying to remember if it was oxygen or C02. It ruptured when he was moving it. He did survive but still suffers from the effects.

 

[Don Lovel]

My 1897 Winchester 12ga non-takedown factory 17 7/8" riot barrel that spent most of it's life locked in the vault of the Farmers and Merchants bank in Hennessey Oklahoma Territory til 1968 when dad brought it home.

 

[Terry G]

I shoot it once a year, so I guess it's "Still in use."

 

[Tenbore]

The swastika on the cylinder is not NAZI. They were later boxed in after the NAZIs appropriated the symbol. A very common misunderstanding.

 

[Watertender]

The swastika on the cylinder is not NAZI. They were later boxed in after the NAZIs appropriated the symbol. A very common misunderstanding.

Linde in Germany proofed cylinders until 1945 with the swastika. After 1945 the swastika was made into the window pane. That was part of denazification. I have seen Crane valves with the swastika but there are none where I work now. I happened to run across the 2 cylinders in the original post when I had to change the empties out.

 

[Jeepnik]

Watertender is right about Linde proofing with a swastika prior to the end of WWII. Linde did exactly as he stated in window paneing the symbols. During the years I worked in the oil industry I cam across quite a few valves, flanges and other fittings that were from German companies that had swastika marks. The US companies bought a lot of stuff from Germany prior to WWII. Why? Well, the quality was excellent. Both the steel and the forging/machining was among the best in the world. Pricing was also a consideration. Because Germany's economy was in poor shape for quite some time manufacturers had very attractive pricing.

In addition the US took quite a bit of stuff out of Germany as war reparations. One of the largest was Herman the German. A floating crane, and for a long while the worlds largest. Three of the cranes were built. After WWII one went to the Russians and was never seen again. A second was being floated across the English Channel to Britain and sank. The third was Herman. It was disassembled then shipped to the US where it was reassembled and served for decades until some Naval idiot sold it to Panama.

 

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[Boxhead]

 

[bobski]

i got a jar full...........

 

[bedfordboy]

Well I have a number of items that are over 100 years old that still work fine (it's true that they don't make things like they use to) but I will list my firearms here
1903 Colt made in 1903
Winchester 1906 made in 1911
Remington 12C made in 1912
Springfield 1911 made in 1914
The first three function well but have a lot of barrel wear and are not very accurate but the 1911, I would trust my life with it as I am sure others before me did in WWI

 

[thinckley]

!903 from 1910. Refinished, but mechanics are still original:

Win 1917 from 1917, mechanics are still original as well:

This one has put a lot of elk in the freezer.

 

[gunzo]

My brother has a 1912 model 12 Winchester & shoots Doves with it every year.

 

[57fritzers]

My Dad's double barrel side by side 20 gauge from about 1920. He shot many a rabbit and squirrel for dinner with this old shotgun. Take it out to fire off both barrels every great now and then.

my.

 

[JAYDAWG]

i got a jar full...........

To bad there's no "D" or "S on that UNC Lincoln