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I recently purchased one of the 3rd generation NV50AP3 nailers and this is definitely the tool to buy. I have to say the balance of the 1st & 2d generation tools are awkward. This nail gun is easily one of the more expensive in my garage. take care not to damage or bend your nails and cap rolls and you shouldn't have any problems.
I found a good deal on a used 1st generation Hitachi Plasti-Cap NV50AP nailer and never regretted it. I'm not afraid to spend money on a good tool if it helps me do a better job, saves me time, and saves be from a sore arm at the end of the week from pounding thousands of nails. It weighs significantly less and the nail and cap magazines are better designed to minimize the overall profile of the gun while maintaining almost perfect balance. Anyone with coil nails should know this but I've seen some people who just don't understand why they have so many mis-feeds and blame the gun. You have to fight the cap magazine to keep the tool level on your surface.
I have put several thousand cap nails through both of these guns and my comment on jams and mis-feeds is simple. Even if you only think you will use this tool one time BUY IT and sell it off when you're finished. While finishing, framing, coil-siding, & coil-roofing nailers seemed to be a given I hesitated on buying a cap nailer thinking I wouldn't mind pounding a few caps in by hand. I have only used the Hitachi brand caps/nails and can't comment on the generic brands out there. It looks like the cap magazine was added to the side of an existing tool design which throws the balance off.
The tool wants to roll over on its side while it's in your hand. If you have a coil of nails that looks like someone stepped on it or tossed in the tool trailer under a pile of who knows what you're going to have problems. You'll save lots of time, have a much easier time nailing down that felt or house wrap in the wind (been there) and your arm won't hate you.
I can't imagine what kind of problems the other gentleman had but my experience with this nailer is great. I have another contractor associate that has used mine with great success. I have done a lot of nailing with this machine and it does a great job. You can't compare with hand nailing because you can't do the same kind of job by hand much less as fast. Either I just got an especially good unit or maybe the other gentleman got a bad one. Also there are a lot of tools that require a little bit of skill to get the proper use out of them.
Amazon said I was past the return period. Purchased this item as a gift for my son. Misfires nails thru cap and caps won't feed properly. After that Amazon wouldn't let me return it because I bought it as a gift and didn't give it to my son for over a month. They were always glad to assist me. After the "Hitachi Brand" nails and caps didn't work, he even bought a box of off brand to try, but had the same experience.
We won't be purchasing another item from Amazon. Never operated properly. Thanks Amazon-A quality company. Brand new gun has never fired a nail in a roof. The hours he wasted trying this product, he could of hand nailed the whole job. Never had a problem returning an item that did't work at any other company.
Thanks again Amazon.
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