I have two N80's I haven't had any problems with them at all.When loaded with a full coil of nails working over head you have a hand full,but you have a lot more nails in the gun then you would in a strip nailer. For roof and floor sheeting it can't be beat.

I have been in construction for 15 years. I have 3 of these guns and I'll tell you from a durability point of view you can't beat it. I see my guys beat the heck out of these guns and they don't fail. When i say, "Beat the heck out of them" I don't just mean the day in and day out firing, I mean turning it over and using the back or the tip to smack studs over to layout lines or to flush up just about anything. The coil bay is easily adjustable to fit any size nail. Reliability? I have seen reviews on here that there are mis-fires and jams. You are going to have a jam on this gun for one of 3 reasons.
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br /2. You have droped the coil of nails and the tips are bent together. If this happens uncoil the nails, step on one end of the coil and stretch them out and re-coil them.
br /3. Sometimes during the first few shots you will see a problem such as above due to the extreme capacity of the coil of nails. Use the tool for an hour and you know what's wrong. A nail head is being wedged into one of the interior coils, flip the gun counter-clockwise in your hand and it's a simple process of pushing straightening the coil with your finger or another nail, takes like 2 seconds.
br /Anyone who has carried 15 pounds (exageration) of stick nails in their pouch knows how heavy they are and how fast they actually go, so you are constantly walking to the nail box and then, which is really fun when you are sheathing a roof. "Hey, throw me a coil of nails." Yea, you can throw these things up to guys on the roof, or on the 2nd floor because they are big enough and heavy enough to easily throw, try throwing like 300 stick nails up to someone.
br /As for the reviews about finding nails... I have never had a problem finding nails, they have them at Menards for one, but any nail supply house will have them. I think those reviews were written by more "home owner" types that think Home Depot is the only place you can get lumber and tools. You don't need 50 different nail lengths, basically you need 2) 8's and 16's. They have galvies and regular so my question is what are they trying to use the thing for?

I am a framer by trade and have 5 N-80's, they are a very dependable tool.The large nail capacity and full round headed nails are its biggest assets. Some of the drawbacks with the coil gun compared to the stick is that sometimes the coil of nails gets bound up in the magazine and needs to be straightend out.When toenailing it doesn't sink the heads as well as the stick.

I am a framer in New York where we frame in weather ranging from 90+ all the way down to below freezing. I have found this gun quite reliable and have had only minor problems usually associated with rubber o-rings that may freeze in extreme temperatures. The extra weight of the nailer is more than offset by the nail magazine capacity. My crews use all seven of my guns regularly and we still have yet to retire even the first one I ever bought. Last, but not least, these guns are extremely well-priced and an excellent bang for the buck. I recommend it highly.

I've run over 20,000 nail through my newest gun.
br /Runs great, no jams, ( sounds like some people with jams may not have a proper air supply)no problem getting nails, weight is no problem.
br /Shouldn't be building if it feels heavy.
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I own a construction company which has 1 Bostich N80C. We have owned if for more than 5 years, and will not purchase another Bostich Pnematic nailer. The nailer is far from dependable, jaming regularly. Drawbacks include the fact that you cannot adjust the depth on the gun and it routinely misfires, shooting two (2) nail instead of one. This presents a serious safety hazard and should be a concern to anyone using this product. On the positive side, the unit is easy to rebuild, which is a feature which you will need since it is is very unreliable. In addition to a rebuild kit, we also stock the main piston, and piston stop which fail on a regular basis. My crews hate this nailer, and they reminded of that fact whenever the product is in use on our jobs.pAlthough Bostitch makes other products which we swear by, (eg: the Bostich Hammer Tacker)the N80C is a nailer which we usually end up swearing at! Botstich should remove this product from their product line and head back to the drawing board.

This nailer has worked flawlessly through my first 15,000 nails. Its compact size and aggressive pricing make it a good value. The most important negatives are: (1.) lack of depth adjustment (I vary the input pressure to adjust depth with some success) and (2.) 1 1/2 inch nails are not widely available, if at all. I do not use the bump fire trigger so I can not speak to that performance aspect.

I had a nothing but misfires with mine right out of the case. About every 5th nail would miss, actually the nails were not being fed into the chamber. I will say Bostitch service was SUPERB at working with me on the problem. Even after a year they covered all the charges for repair, that service alone will keep me going to Bostitch. Gun is back and working fine now. I just had a lemon that has been corrected. What I like about coil nailers is the volume of nails it holds and this gun is comfortable to use with plenty of power.

** See my review of the N89C as well
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br /I bought a N80 and it would not drive a 3" or a 3 1/4" galv. spiral nail into Douglas Fir. After sending the gun in to see what was wrong with it. It was send back with nothing wrong. I took the gun, the nails, and the wood to the Bostitch distributor. They could not get it to drive the nails. Even the new one they pulled off the shelf did not do it. They gave me a N89. The depth adjustment on the N89 is nice and it has never jambed. Changing nail sizes is much easier then the N80.
br /Both the N80 and the N89 double fire easily. I have listen to nails land 50-60ft away on the street.
br / The crew framing my house uses 4 Hitachi NV83 guns. Thees guns are more balanced, drive 3 1/4" nails no problem, and I have not had a double fire yet. The Hitachi guns run 3-6 coils of nails a day 6 days a week in the mud and sawdust. If I ever wear my N89 out I'll be spending the extra $$$ on the Hitachi.
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The description of this nailer states that it takes nails from 1 1/2 to 3 1/4. I have been unable to find anyone that sells less than a 2" nail for this gun. I also e-mailed the company to see if they could help me but received no response back. If you need a gun that provides a wide range of uses then you may be dissatisfied with this nail gun.

This gun is an old tried and true framer gun that works. And is often sold as one of the lowest priced. Nail changes are quick, and parts if ever needed can be found at almost any repair shop or online. A seven year warranty is also one of the longest in the industry.
br /My only complant about this gun, is its lack of a depth of drive feature.
br /Its when you come to the sheathing, this gun will drive a 2 1/2 nail almost through the plywood. ( I know just turn down the presure) But this is not rocket sicence. Bostitch could add this feature.
br /So if price is an issue get this Bostich n80 gun. If you want the king of framers, and pay top dollar get the Makita, lots of features, including the ability to shoot 3 1/2 nails.

The gun was everything I needed. Shoots a wide verity of nails from 1 1/2" to 3 3/4", therefore it can do many tasks.
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br /I would recommend that for those in the need of a nail to take a look at this gun.

I bought this nailer becuase I was doing a radiant flooring project where I had to pound in 10,000 nails. The nailer worked flawlessly and was a pleasure to use. I did buy Bostitch brand nails after reading the negative reviews about the Chinese imports. I found a great place to buy my nails: www.speedynails.com Their prices including shipping was far lower than at my local building supply house who had to order my 3" ring nails anyway. This gun is much shorter than the kind that uses the sticks of nails so it is better balanced. The huge supply of nails is also a great benefit.

this air gun is unstopable .. for a small contractor who dose the work .. this is the tool to have

Not really made for siding. It is big and heavy. I could only special order nails which were thicker then regular siding nails and cost about three times as much. Home depot, Lowes, and Amazon do not carry siding nails for it. I couldn't even get framing nails for it in my area. Although Amazon carries two types of framing nails. It is a good gun to build crates as long as you can find nails for it. It is ok for framing. But, framers use stick nailers.

I purchased a Bostitch N80CB coil nailer from a Lowe's HomebrImprovement store in Charleston West Virginia on the 29th ofbrSeptember 2001. The unit has, since its date of purchase,brfailed to function properly, frequently jamming to the pointbrthat the tool is useless.pI have contacted Bostitch via e-mail, post and phone in anbrattempt to have the unit either replaced or my purchase pricebrrefunded and have received NO satisfaction from Bostitch.pI would not recommend this tool nor ANY Bostitch product basedbron the VERY poor performance of the tool and Bostitch's failurebrto warrant their product.

The item in itself is exactly as described but there was a problem with the shipping. It was shipped in original package provided by the manufacturer. It was not secured in the box and although the original package was inclosed in another box, because of the weight of the item and the carelessness of UPS. the nailer had punched through both boxes and there was a large hole when I received the package. The item in itself was not damaged but I feel that the shipper should have secured the item in the original box so that it could not move around.