"Mike Reed" wrote in message
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Leon wrote:
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Also if you let the gun recoil the nail will not go in all the way.

This is frightening advice, especially if the user has a bump-fire
trigger.

Maybe after shooting thousands of nails you will better understand what I
said. The OP is shooting the gun to memic the operation that Norm uses as
he to nails pieces of wood. Seldom does Norm shoot repeadedly as is
indicated when when bump-firing a gun. When shooting a single nail at a
time in a specific spot you should absolutely hold the gun down to firmly
enough to disengauge the safety and keep the gun from moving. Additionally
if you are laying the gun over on its side or it is being used upside down
more effort is requiared to keep the gun from recoiling and not prolerly
settin g thenail.
Bumb firing is a procedure more often used when framing or roofing and you
need to get a bunch of nails driven in a short period of time and the
appearance is not a factor. Typically when bump firing you let the weight
of the gun bring the gun down onto the surface, read that as a controlled
drop, while always holding the trigger in. When the gun safety bottoms
with the momentum of the gun mass behind it the gun fires and tends to
bounce back. Not always does the nail set perfectly.













With a bump-fire gun, double fires /will/ result from fighting
recoil. The gun should be able to sink a nail/brad with no problem
using only it's inertial mass.

Here's an exerpt from the Porter Cable brad nailer saftey instructions:
http://img20.exs.cx/img20/6287/recoil3xh.jpg

-Mike