A professional who sets up automatic swaging machines that press lead wire or lead slugs into bullets or into cores for jacketed bullets. Respnsibilities include:

• Positions and aligns forming die and punch in machine.
• Changes length and rate of punch and adjusts automatic feed and ejection mechanisms, using handtools and gauges.
• Starts machine to obtain sample bullets or cores.
• Examines finished product for defects, such as malformed nose or heel, nicks, and scratches, and determines cause.
• Verifies profile and dimensions, using fixed gauges.
• Weighs samples on balance scale to ascertain conformance to specifications.
• Operates speed lathe and polishing jack to reshape and polish worn punches and polishes dies by hand, using emery cloth.
• Gives instructions to new workers in machine operation and inspection.