Electrical receptacle contact

An electrical receptacle contact (30) having contact beams (46) which are asymmetrical and stamped into arcuate forms to define a terminal receiving section (32) therebetween. The beams (46) may have various widths to provide an appropriate spring force for a selected plating material, while ensuring that the receptacle contact (30) maintains the same overall dimensional shape for contacts made with different plating materials. When the width (W) of base portions (38) of the beams (46) needs to be relatively large, by disposing the beams (46) asymmetrically about their centerlines (60) a very narrow gap between the base portions (38) and consequent danger of kinking and fracture of the blank from which the contact is formed during manufacture can be minimised.