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I only wish I would have bought this one 1st. Once I bought this, my guys won't use the Paslode anymore. When you buy quality, you only cry once. I had been using the Paslode Positive Placement nailer previous to purchasing the Hitachi. We had nothing but problems with it, not to mention that it feels like a boat anchor.
We framed up a house that called for A35 on every freize block and a H1 on every truss, not to mention the various straps and other hangers. It is very quick to use with the nail tip sticking out, just point and shoot.
Overall it probably almost paid for itself on one job, it is light, easy to use, powerful, everything you are looking for in a gun. It even worked for toenailing 2 1/2 nails in the joist hangers, I don't know if they recommend that or not, but it worked.
This is a sweet strap nailer. It had no problem driving 2 1/2 nails into 6x12 beams for straps.
I also put a rafter hook on it, the same one that fits that NR83, and that is handy too, worth that 12 bucks for the hook. I bought the short magazine one a few weeks and have been very pleased with its performant.
It worked awesome.
I have to say I really expected a lot better engineering from Hitachi. Pretty costly considering the price of labor these days. This happened several times, slowing the process down immensely.
Began to have some problems right off the bat with this gun. So you have to pull out the last few nails to proceed. Received this in time to use it on a small addition I'm currently building.
Second, the safety probe slipped from the track it rides in and jammed, preventing the gun from shooting until you stop and replace the safety into position. They need to do some serious re-designing on this one. First off, it won't fire the last 5 nails without another strip of nails to back them up.
Now this may not be Hitachi's fault, but I used the nails that Amazon advertised with the gun, and a second strip will not fit in.
Careful when you use it cause it can shock your wrist. This gun is worth having if you frame alot houses or build alot decks. It's great when you are fastening joist hangers on decks, truss ties, floor truss hangers.
I like how safety works on it. Time it saves is worth the cost. And loading is pretty nice too.
I bought this gun about a year ago. It's very light and small enough to get into tight spots. Would buy again.
Man this kicks too. Makes my framing days alot faster when I am build a new home.
It fires the nail each and every time with no problems. I've done three houses with it and haven't had a jam. This is a real labor saver. This is a nice, light metal strap nailer. It's angled so it gets into most tight places.
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