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Bostitch nails in a Hitachi nailer?

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I was reading over the instruction manual for my new Hitachi nail gun when I found a warning about Be sure to use only the genuine Hitachi nails which seems like standard text but is there really a reason I couldn't use the Bostitch nails I have? The gun and nails are both 28° wire collated.
 
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I kind of figured that but thought I should ask people in the "know". I currently have 2 cases of Bostitch nails that I was going to use with my friends Bostitch nailer for a project but his nailer died, thus I bought a NR90AF. I haven't had a chance to try it out yet though.
 
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Don't do it, it will result in excessive wear on your gun and something called non-branded wearitis which apparently is also rampant in mixing Snap-on tools (I also see this with german tools) with any other tools.









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Long as the nails are the same angle and collated the same they'll work fine. A friend borrowed my gun and bought cheap import nails that were a degree or two off and it constantly jammed (probably did some damage to the gun).
 
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They look to be exactly the same. The Hitachi branded ones may be bostitch anyway since I doubt that Hitachi actually makes nails.
 
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