Thread: Framing nailgun question

Hi there!
Been a while since I posted, this place has changed!!

Since discovering the pleasures of nail guns, I keep on buying them with all sort of different lame excuses. I'm up to 6 now but could not resist a Duo-Fast framing nail at cash converters for $120. It looked hardly used and despite having a nice Senco framing gun already I decided that after two repair kits,a new driver and countless boxes of nails I put through the old Senco, the duo fat, I mean fast was a necessity
Unfortunately it takes a different nail ( 21 degree) from the Senco that takes Paslode nails, so off I went to the guys at Glenford tools at Liverpool, hum.. they call themselves something else now..Uniting church? no ... wait ... United tools, that's it. So off I go for nails and all they have is 75 mm. That's the most common nail the builders use they say.
The duo fast takes up to 96mm nails. If I am not completely wrong, framing material thickness is 45 to 50 right? so 75 minus 45 leaves what 30mm of nail and along the grain? I am missing something here. Say you crank the pressure up and get may be another 5 mm depth, we are still talking a bit short in my books.
So I had to order a box of 90mm, couldn't get the 96 mm and paid through the nose, $68 for 2500 nails when the 75 were $38 for 3000 nails Double bummer!
I remember one time I hired a carpenter to help with a large frame. It was oregon and hence 50x100. He was happily banging by hand 75mm nails. I was using 100 mm.
My side was nice and stiff, his side was completely wobbly and we had to reinforce it.
What do you use for framing?