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Occupations | Sets up and operates battery of hopper-fed machines to automatically groove or knurl, die-size, and lubricate bullets for small arms ammunition: Installs and adjusts grooving segments, lubricating and sizing die, feedpipes, and feeding mechanism, using handtools. Turns crank to withdraw plunger from cylinder and inserts wax stick lubricant which is force fed to lubricating die. Adjusts rheostat to heat and soften wax electrically in die box. Fills hopper with bullets and starts machine. Measures work samples to verify location and depth of grooves, and length and diameter of bullets, according to specifications, using fixed gauges. Inspects bullets to ensure that grooves are filled with lubricant. Turns stop nuts and setscrews to adjust machine by trial and error to produce acceptable bullets. Observes grooving and feeding mechanisms for jams. Removes jammed bullets, using fingers or wire pick. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 55 4C 4C 45 54 2D 47 52 4F 4F 56 49 4E 47 2D 53 49 5A 49 4E 47 2D 41 4E 44 2D 4C 55 42 52 49 43 41 54 49 4E 47 2D 4D 41 43 48 49 4E 45      4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01010101 01001100 01001100 01000101 01010100 00101101 01000111 01010010 01001111 01001111 01010110 01001001 01001110 01000111 00101101 01010011 01001001 01011010 01001001 01001110 01000111 00101101 01000001 01001110 01000100 00101101 01001100 01010101 01000010 01010010 01001001 01000011 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000111 00101101 01001101 01000001 01000011 01001000 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B U L L E T - G R O O V I N G - S I Z I N G - A N D - L U B R I C A T I N G - M A C H I N E   O P E R A T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0055 004C 004C 0045 0054 002D 0047 0052 004F 004F 0056 0049 004E 0047 002D 0053 0049 005A 0049 004E 0047 002D 0041 004E 0044 002D 004C 0055 0042 0052 0049 0043 0041 0054 0049 004E 0047 002D 004D 0041 0043 0048 0049 004E 0045      004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3655464639541541524949564348411553436043484115354838154655365243373554434841154735374243483924950395235544952 |
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