Why does my Hitachi NR90AC nailgun spark at the tip every time I shoot a nail?
Thanks for any help.
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Tracer rounds
slow down...
look to see where the nil is clipping something on the nose....
misaligned driver.....
incederary rounds...
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WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
APFSDSDU 155"Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think -- there are no little things" - Bruce Barton
....that would definitely leave a really BIG mark.
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.Wer ist jetzt der Idiot
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155 is run of the mill...
let's make it a 165 in demo...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
and it'd be tuff to get the same set all the time...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
to answer your question, Armor Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot Depleted Uranium. Nice clean little entrance holes.
Got putty?"Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think -- there are no little things" - Bruce Barton
but won't they spawl the back side????Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
They come in 105MM or 120MM. Not always DU. Some are another metal like tungstin.
M1's are 105MM and M1IP/A1/A2's are 120MM. The 120's are combustible casing shells and the afcaps make great paperweights.
It's importnat to know which your shooting. Big difference in max range
it's the nail scraping out a path' it will stop eventually. sometimes a batch of a certain nail will cause it again. nothing to worry about.
RTC
Do you see scratch marks where it scrapes? Maybe smooth them out with emery cloth?
-- J.S.
Had the same thing on the same gun. It stopped after a box of gun nails or so. I agree that it is a newnail/new gun thing and haven't had any sign for about three months now.
Judo Chop!
My Bostitch N88RH framer does the same thing, not every nail, but many of them. I don't worry about it.
Sounds like this is a common problem. When my Hitachi sparks it usually is a reminder that I forgot to oil the gun.