SMALL ARMS REPAIRER (TITLE 32)

Small Arms Repairer (Title 32)

As a SMALL ARMS REPAIRER (TITLE 32), WG-6610-9, you will perform maintenance, repair, and inspections on small arms and related devices. Major duties include:

• Performing accurizing of national match weapons (pistols, rifles, and light machine guns) on a limited basis.
• Disassembling weapons, assemblies, subassemblies, and other components.
• Examining for defects, misalignment, and malfunctions.
• Replacing barrels, firing pins, springs, trigger mechanisms, shell ejectors, and other parts and assemblies.
• Modifying small weapons by replacing worn or obsolete parts and using hand and power tools, precision gauges, test instruments, jigs, and alignment devices in making repairs, modifications, and adjustments.
• Applying final finishes and test fires and/or performing operational checks of arms repaired to ensure safety, accuracy, and ease of operation.
• Performing overhaul, maintenance, and repair on a variety of small arms.
• Diagnosing and identifying mechanical deficiencies and/or malfunctions in weapons including automatic pistols, revolvers, shotguns, automatic rifles, grenade launchers, machine guns, and rocket launchers, and other small arms and accessories.
• Using a micrometer to measure altered tolerances and make additional adjustments as required.
• Using pre-set specifications to ensure that critical operating tolerances are met.
• Being responsible for accountability, storage, and security of arms and other sensitive items while they are kept for repair, usually in vaults with limited access.