peter wrote:
I have about 20 feet of wall trims I need to attach to the wall. ...
Now I'm wondering if there are hand operated brad nailer that would shoot 1
1/4 brad nail into hard wood? ...

For no more than that if you don't want a compressor and finish nailer
(and I agree the investment is way overkill for the size of job if you
don't intend to do anything else), you can easily drill pilot holes if
the moulding is hard enough or tends to split badly enough you can't
hand nail it easily. After all, there were houses built entirely long
before _any_ power tools...

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