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Seven squares went down with one miss, which was not the nailers fault. It will match our green and orange nailers. Light and with a good balance. Another winner from Milwaukee. Hit a spike and bent the nail. Highly recommend it. Removed it from the gun and went right back to work.
Pros: Easy to load, doesn't jam, extremely durable. It worked flawlessly for all 18 square of shingles installed. I used this nailer to install my roof last year. It only jammed once and that was my own fault because I loaded the nails wrong. Cons: Can't think of any. I even dropped it off my two story house on to concrete twice and it still performed great.
I was looking for a Bostitch nailer when I found this one. I really like the easy switch between single and multiple shots. I didn't know Milwaukee made air tools, but I knew their reputation with power tools. I expected the quality to be excellent, and was not disappointed.
Tried oil which helped but not for long. The depth setting didn't seem to affect the depth as much as the way the gun was held - may be obvious to some but I learned that if I pressed the gun into the shingle throughout the shot, I tended to overdrive more nails. I have used other roofing nailers in the past and this one worked just as well or better and was less expensive. Bought this to help reroof my garage which is now complete. Holding the gun a little looser and going quickly from shot to shot resulted in flush nails.
At first I had a terrible time with jamming - basically every other shot or two would not feed and I would have to dry fire to get the gun to cycle. The shots that did go in were fine. After a while I turned up the pressure (to something around 100 psi - don't remember exactly) and the feed problems went away and the gun worked flawlessly. I had set the pressure on the low end at first because I did not want to overdrive the nails.
The adjustable and removable shingle stop is a nice feature as well. I was looking for a nailer for putting down cement board in my kitchen and soon putting down new roof. I bought this based on Amazon reviews. With its first thousand nails put in through 1/2" hardibacker board, I have to say this thing is surprisingly light and powerful. I just can't find anything bad to say about this nailer, and it even comes with some cool sunglasses for working up on the roof. I compared it to my friend's $300 Hitachi, and he even had to admit that the Milwaukee had the Hitachi beat in every way that matters.
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