Those old machines are pretty cool. They do what they're supposed to very well and generally they were built to last a long time.
There are a couple of gunsmiths around here that I wish would use something like that. They can put together an accurate rifle but it's sure disheartening to get your cherished rifle back with the chambering stamped out in uneven letters/numbers using individual punches. One fellow even double stuck a digit when he didn't hit the punch hard enough the first time.
