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Paid extra to have them "life-flighted" in the next day. Bought this gun specifically to shoot 2" nails on a wainscote project. Even when using the 2" Bostitch nails, I get double and triple nails, sometimes standing 3/8" - 1" proud of the work. What a mistake. I tried using some 2" nails I found at the local Harbor Freight, and when I saw the terrible results I ordered some 2" Bostitch nails from Amazon. What a mess I had trying to patch and fill all these holes for painting. I started using nail guns because of my repetitive injuries to my wrists: pulling all these nails has seriously aggravated my tendons, not to mention my blood pressure.Bostitch, you just lost a customer with this junky product.
To bad there's not a negative rating system - I'd give it a -10. After I spend the time sanding and finishing my pieces, the last thing I want is to have to do touch-up and patching. I used to have a Porter Cable nailer which in 10 years NEVER ONCE misfired. This thing misfires more often than not, shooting as many as 3 brads at a time. It will leave 1 buried and 2 sticking out necessitating careful removal on finish work and lots of extra holes to boot. I bought this one only because it was the only brand available in the small town I work in. My advice - BUY SOMETHING ELSE.
the Hitachi brad nailer has more features and better reliability, and senco is senco, it will last forever and a day. And then, sooner or later, the driver will just snap.
It has no bump fire mode, but thats not a big problem for a brad nailer. The features on this gun are good: it's light, has good power, and an easy depth adjustment.
Unjamming this gun is a major pain, you have to get a 3mm allen wrench and take the whole front apart. But this gun has a very major flaw for anyone that uses it a lot: the driver rod is very low quality, so after a little while the tip of the driver will get ground off or bent or chipped or something.
This in turn leads to ever increasing jamming, because the driver isn't hitting the brad exactly square. you can replace it, but its not really worth it, becasue you will end up with the same series of promblems.
Buy those instead.
I have had a lot of nail guns over the years and this is the best 18 gauge I have had yet. I have had this Bostitch 18 gauge along with the 16 gauge and the pin nailer for over 3 years now. It's oil-less, very light, and will shoot 3/8 inch brads. They are all top notch guns and never had a problem with any of them. With some of these reviews I' am reading, I can't help but to think if it's the fault of the owners and not the fault of the gun for some of these bad reviews. One other small matter. IT'S MADE IN THE USA.
A versitile and powerful nailer, this unit provides a lot of power and flexibility. I am remodeling my home and I have already run a couple of boxes of nails through this unit and it operates very well. Can jam if you do not keep it formly seated when using it, but performs as well as any other unit I have.
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