PC nailers are made in Taiwan
Look at the name plate.
but anyhoo
get a 15 gauge nailer for bigger stuff and an 18 gauge bradder that will shoot up to 2″ brads for the more delicate stuff.
Mr T
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Bill
I would think your decision depends on what you most want to use the nailer for. The 18 Ga brads usually run from 5/8 to 1 1/4" and are fine for putting in small moldings and light details. The 15 Ga finish nailers usually run 1 " to 2 1/2" and are best for trim work. If you are trimming a door and you have a 3/4" casing and 1/2" wallboard before you get to solid wood to anchor to------a 1 1/4" brad isn't getting much grip where a 2" or 2 1/2" finish nail is into solid base. I have both and while I am not a pro I am a busy amateur and have found the 15 Ga finish nailer most useful.
Russ
Second on Mr T. Like a lot of PC stuff, but they should have stuck with what they knew before they got into nailguns. Take a look at other brands. Most of mine are Senco, which is not to say the only other option, but they do real well. Reliability is a good thing.
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15 ga angled Senco...
SNF40.......I think.
Jeff
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Do you have a compressor yet? There are a couple of packages available whewre you get a pancake compressor and a gun...some offer a brad nailer, some a finish nailer. If this is all you're going to do (one nailer at a time, no high volume stuff) the pancake will do well and it's very transportable.
I have a 18 ga brad nailer, 1.25", wish it shot the longer nails. Also a 16ga finish nailer, with the straight sticks. Now I see why people prefer the angled sticks on the 15 ga guns. But to answer your question, you probably need both a finish and brad nailer. Attaching 1/4 round trim could be a problem with the bigger nails, and as others pointed out, the brads usually won't reach the studs.
Do it right, or do it twice.
Bostich 15 ga. angle finish nailer, bostich 18 ga brad nailer. You do much trim work at all and you'll see the need for both. I also have a crappola 15 ga Reliant straight stick finish nailer that's used when I can't find the Bostich. Which ain't often.
BTW, I had the finish nailer before the brad nailer, figuring I could always go smaller on the finisher nailer, but the brad nailer is limited in how long a brad you can shoot.
ditto on the senco sfn 40
15 ga. angle for the first gun. Then get the 18 ga.
I`m with Jeff and the bear..SFN40....go with a finish nailer to begin with, grab the brad nailer down the road.
J. D. Reynolds
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