BOSTITCH N66C-1 1-1/4-inch to 2-1/2-inch Coil Siding Nailer with Aluminum Housing w/ Premium Tool Oil

Put up 37sq’s/3,700sqft of wood siding with it. Used the longest nails ( I used Metabo nails) compatible with it and had to issues with it driving them in.

I applied red cedar shake siding to my entire house this summer with this nailer. It just worked. Never jammed even once.Instructions were a little weak and could have been improved with more detailed images and textual guidance.

The nailer is a fine tool but please look at the description! near the top of the page the description says "Nailer Only" but in the Technical Details it says "Included Components - ‎Sequential Trip, CASE" . No case is included and cost me about $30 from toolservicenet.com, Amazon did not have one....

A never had a jam with this gun 3600 nails through it and it performed OK. Doesn't really like James Hardie Panels. I played with the air pressure and nail depth. The nail was inconsistent. I decided to use my framing nailer with the air turned down and it worked perfectly. I'm keeping this gun for replacing the fence in a few years.I would not buy again knowing what I know. I would have gone metabo

There’s a reason this tops the charts in almost all reviews and shootouts. Shoots consistent, doesn’t wear out the shoulder, and is extremely durable.

It said it came with a case and it did not that was one of the reason that I bought that brand very disappointed

I recently bought this nailer to assemble 104 standard hive bodies. These are made from pine and have finger joints at the edges using a total of 40 nails per box. 40! The nailer required a compressed air fitting that was not supplied but are common at just about every hardware store.Out of the box it failed. Oh man was this thing bad. I wanted to smash it. Every other nail misfired. Pop, nail goes in. Pop, I get a dent and the nail coil was not advanced into the firing chamber. Pop Pop Pop no nails. Reseat the coil. Pop, one nail, then pop pop pop no nails. Reseat the coil in the right place. Over and over. I was in a bind. I had more than a hundred hives to build and this thing didn't work and I was using Bostitch brand galvanized ring shank nails (2.25" long, similar to the 7P nails used in beekeeping).I then grabbed my trusty can of Tri-Flow and gave the moving parts a good squirt and wiped off the excess. Then reseated the nails.Pop. Nail went in as expected. Pop. Nail #2 goes in, then #3 and then #4. Okay, this is good.A while later it misfired again. PTSD kicking in and I'm ready to smash this thing. Then I realize I ran through the whole coil of nails.I'm on box number two of nails now. ZERO misfires after that first few of that first 3600 nail box. The only time I see a dent and no nail is when I'm at the end of the nail coil. It works! I'm sold!After every roll I just give it a little spray of Tri-Flow and then a couple drops of pneumatic tool oil into the air fitting. I love this thing now.Pros: duh. It's a nail gun and they're awesome when they work.Cons: aside from the slow start, the recoil on the gun after several hundred nails tends to wear the skin at the 2nd knuckle of my right thumb -right next to the web of skin going to my first finger. Ouchie. A bandaid, mole skin, or even just a light mechanics glove will fix this.I've read all the reviews and figured I would get a good one that didn't have problems. I think the problems people were seeing can be solved with proper lubrication. Shooting the nailer right after spraying down the inside of the hatch where the nails run will result in spraying oil or the carrier fluid all over your woodwork so be careful. I spray and then walk away for a while to let it evaporate leaving only the Teflon behind (again, I'm using Tri-Flow). Liquid lubricants will need to have the excess wiped off or you'll get a lot of sprayed oil on your wood. The bees probably won't care but the paint won't stick well.I recommend this gun to any beekeeper that needs to assemble more than a handful of hives.

Went back and forth between the Metabo and this, actually bought the Metabo, didn't like the feel of it and then bought the bostitch and I'm glad I did! Only put 5 rolls of the Metabo 1 3/4 inch nails through it and it has worked flawlessly! No misfires, no jams! It's light, has great feel and works exactly as it's supposed to! It wins just about every nail gun shootout and I see why! Bonus is the hook, comes in very handy!! Using it on Hardie Plank cement siding, works perfectly! Have to say the Metabo nails are awesome, great combo with the gun!

I'm a carpenter, I own half a dozen air nailers, and this is the one I like the least of the bunch. First off, it jams a lot. I'm using 2-1/2" Bostitch siding nails designed for this nailer, and the hole on the nailer that the nails have to go though isn't big enough to let all of the nail heads pass through. The odd one gets its head stuck. And getting it unstuck is not only a pain in the ass but it feels like it's doing damage to the nailer, which brings me to my second issue. Of all my nailers, this one feels the most flimsy. I buy good quality tools and I expect them to last. This one doesn't feel like it's going to last. My final issue is that it doesn't really bury the nail, even on it's deepest setting, and it's inconsistent. I have to keep a hammer close at hand to finish burying the odd nail. Likely related to the first issue.

I have both this one and a hitatchi. The hitatchi is a much nicer gun, but this gun is perfectly functional. IT is light and it seams to work in the cold just fine. I bought it to have a second gun while doing HARDIE board. It works. IF I was going to be doing HARDIE all the time I would stick with hitatchi, but as a decent second gun or even an occasional primary it is just fine. No complaints. Well built.

I did the siding at my cottage; after 4000 nails or so, everything was perfect without a single glitch.I own other nailers (BOSTITCH included), but this one is beyond any expectations.Highly recommended.

Product works fine, but 2-stars because the description details (the list below the written description) stated it came with a case, as did the Q&A. It was suggested that it was even a hard case, although left vague. If the detail list doesn't say it comes with a case, it's because it was changed after this review.

This thing is a beast, it is also light. If you are a sider do not hesitate, keep it oiled this will last you a very very long time.