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  1. 14th June 2013, 05:30 PM #1
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    Default brad gun firing blanks

    just suddenly started firing blanks
    sounds like a brad is going in - leaves a depression where you would think a brad is
    plenty of air pressure plenty of brads
    tried 20mm as well as 30mm

    it will fire a brad every 3 or 4 shots

    any ideas why it should suddenly start doing that??
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    I can only think of
    a) the nails aren't sliding freely in the carriage or the spring has disappeared (which you would feel when loading)
    B) the firing pin is not returning fully
    c) wrong brads
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    Have you got the correct gauge brads in?,the other thought is if you have been using it a lot there some times gunk right near the driving pin that can block the strip of brads moving forward.
    Many guns have a front plate that you open to clear if you have a miss fire and a jammed brad,are you sure that there are no miss fired brads in this area.
    Take out all the brads from the feed slide,blow out with compressed air then try again.
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    thanks boys
    ii checked it over and found that the front section of the gun firing mechanism is spring loaded and can be easily pull off revealing the piston and the channel it travels in
    everything looked clear - no bits of steel etc fouling it so i slopped a little light machine oil around the mechanism and in the mag - fired it a few times with no brads until it dried out - seems to be ok now

    been a little reticent with adding oil around the coupling as i wasn't sure how often to do that - seems i need to do that every time i use it and also be a bit more generous with the oil
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