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This is a great finish nailer, it’s light, comfortable and well balanced. The rubberized handle provides a good amount of cushioning during extended use and fair amount traction for those warmer days when hands can become prone to sweating. I’ve been using the nailer for several years now and have yet to have a jamb. Just a drop of oil to keeps things running smoothly and not a problem to be had. If a problem should arise, the gun does have an easy, tool free jamb release.
I’ve used this gun primarily for flooring and hanging doors. A nice feature is the non marring nose tip, it works great when face nailing a couple of prefinished planks,no marks, but even better, it can be removed to allow the user to position the gun flush, and shoot the fastener at an angle, it allows the floor installer another row to hide the nails.
This gun comes with a magazine that can hold up to 100 nails, the kit came with 2inch nails, which is usually my go to fastener size, but for tasks that need extra holding I use 2-1/2 inch fasteners. The gun can use smaller nails, all the way down to ¾ of an inch, and the depth can be adjusted, but when I need smaller nails, I usually want a smaller gauge as well so I often end up switching over to a brad nail gun instead.
This gun comes with a single fire sequential trigger, the bump contact trigger is available for free, but the operator needs contact PC, and they will send it via mail. I chose not to, since I like the safty of the sequential and that I don’t really need a contact trigger, but the option is available to those who need or prefer it for free.
Last feature of this gun that looks to have been completely revamped in the new version of this gun (Porter-Cable FN250C) is the directional exhaust port located near the front of the tool. The new one I appears exhaust from the back, I could be wrong but judging from the photos it looks that way, this model exhausts from the front.
The only time the exhaust port has cause me any grief is when I have forgot to move it to the side and have fired the gun close to a newly sheetrocked wall, and got a cloud of joint compound dust in my face. Out in the open the exhaust port is never a problem for me, just dusty close quarters.
Overall this is a great, well designed gun that would make a good addition to anyone’s air tool collection.