You need a face flooring nailer:

http://www.coastaltool.com/cgi-bin/S...671+1091553277

I think you can get a face-nail shoe for one of their angled nailers.

FWIW, if you have to use finish nails I would use 15g (not 16 or 18). You
want something that will hold, that's for sure. Your best bet is a face
nailer that shoots those barbed flooring cleats, though.
"Larry Guan" wrote in message
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I know this question has been asked many times but my story is...
I need to install about 200 sf of the top-nailed (older style, not the
tong & groove type) red oak hardwood floor. We were thinking to use
just hammers to do that, but it took us 2 days to install 50 sf in the
kitchen, with nail head yet to be sunk. So we decide to get a nail gun
for the rest of the job. Now the wood strip is 2" wide and 5/16" thick
oak, should I use 18 gauge brad nailer with 1" nail? Or should I go
for a 16 gauge finish nailer with 1" nail?
Thanks in advance,