M18 21 Deg Framing nailer jamming

[joe_pinehill1]

I just bought an M18 nailer. Its jams at the end of a clip at about the 4th nail from end of the clip. I'm using nail clips that are about 20 years old from a house I built. Do old clips tend to jam or is it probably the nailer?

 

[mike93lx]

If I have jambing with a nailer, it's always at the end of a strip, but usually loading a full strip behind it helps. Does that do anything for you or is it still jambing?

I doubt age matters unless the nails are rusty or the plastic is brittle. I'd try another brand of nails and clean/lube the nailer

 

[RTM]

Are you using the correct angle nails?

4th nail sounds like beginning, but you say end. I doubt you’d get too many thru if the wrong angle.

 

[joe_pinehill1]

Its the 4th from the end. I'll try loading a second clip and lubrication.

 

[joe_pinehill1]

I read the manual for the nailer, the reload indicator triggers when there are 4 nails left, maybe it operates better with a full clip?

 

[cgrutt]

What nails are you using? Maybe try a new sleeve by another brand.

 

[readhead]

Is it jamming or just not firing? I have the same gun and have run thousands of nails through it and never had a jam. When it gets down to four nails it just doesn't fire. Reload and go.