Abstract: A flat conductor of indeterminate length having a generally rectangular cross-section is terminated by forming a terminal which includes a seamless tubular barrel portion having a cylindrical bore, flattening the barrel portion to alter the cross-sectional configuration of the bore to generally complement the cross-sectional configuration of the conductor to be terminated, inserting the end portion of the conductor into the flattened barrel and swaging opposite sides of the flattened barrel in a controlled manner to simultaneously form indentations in opposite sides of the barrel which project into the bore and deform associated opposite flat sides of the end portion received therein.