Freeman PCN65 Pneumatic 15 Degree 2-1/2" Coil Siding Nailer with Adjustable Metal Belt Hook

I'm a general contractor and I was looking for an inexpensive siding nailer for a small siding job with t1-11 siding so I bought this nailer and I'm very impressed I've had no issues whatsoever and would definitely recommend this gun to anyone trying to save money buying one

Light weight, works great, not once had a miss fire or jam. Worked great on building privacy fence. Affordable price and had been looking for the right nailing gun, sturdy and well made.

So, I own at least 10 nail guns - from trim to roofing nailers. I was in need of a new coil siding nailer after losing my Hitachi. Yet, I was hesitant to spend $350 again for a job I don't do often. So I come across this at 60% of the price.My first impression of this gun was mixed. It had better features than the Hitachi and Dewalt I have used such as bump fire, rafter hooks, adjustable exhaust, and single or automatic firing. That is, most of the professional brands don't include these or have an awkward handicap that prevents you from using them - like a fixed hook, trigger installations, and locked exhaust.However, it is apparent that this gun isn't made for continuous daily use when you look at the trigger, coil gaurd, and depth adjustment. The trigger is probably the weakest and cheapest one I have ever used. The coil guard won't survive a hard fall. The depth adjustable is hard to use. It also isn't as balanced as most other nailers and is significantly larger in size.As to how well it performs, well I am more than satisfied. It shoots nails just as well as the Makita, Hitachi, and Dewalt siding nailers I have used. From fiber cement to hardwood. The results are great - most of the time. The biggest issue is that this gun is a lot more prone to double firing than most.Double firing is a significant issue. It can crack your fiber cement or split your hard wood. This gun is very prone to double fire when you are using smaller compressors. To better explain, you shouldn't be using pancake compressors or compact low cfm (>5cfm@90) anyway. Coil and roofing jailers use significantly more air due to the nature of their work as siding and shingles use a lot more nails per area. Yet, most people and professionals don't care. So this if for you pancake users out there - don't buy this gun or you will have trouble.This gun will double fire when you are are driving a lot of nails and your compressor does not have enough air to keep up with the demand. Weird huh? Most guns don't fire or they dry fire when the pressure is too low or their isn't enough air (volume) to meet the demand.I discovered this after trying it out on all 5 of my compressors - pancakes, engine driven 6 gallon, 25 gallon, and 60 gallon. No surprise, it double fired often on my pancakes and engine driven but never once double fired on the 25 or 60 gallon. From there on out, I have only used in on my 25 gallon and rarely double fired.As far as the jamming, all coil nailers do it. It is just the nature of this mechanism. Wire fasteners bind and adhesive builds up. This gun jammed just as often as all the others I have used.Overall, I would recommend this gun to most consumers and those professionals who do siding on the small scale like repairs or touch ups.

Great siding gun for the price. In the past, i did a lot of siding, worked for a few companies, usually always using the higher end guns (Makita, $400-$500). But always had problems with the higher end ones, given, they were worked a lot harder & older, but would double fire, or nail would get stuck, which seemed to always happen when it was 102 degrees out and on a 30' ladder.Anyway, I just do projects here and there now, so didn't need a real high dollar gun, so ordered this with a box of the Freeman 2 inch coil nails.Have only had a chance to do one job, but it worked flawlessly, not a single problem, it almost seemed strange to do an entire job without having some sort of problem with the nail gun, but this one just flat out worked.We'll see how it's doin in a year, and after a lil more abuse, but for the money, seems to be a good gun.***UPDATE 09/27/17****Have put a little under a case of nails through this gun, oiled before every use, and now it's leaking air terribly, all my research leads me to that there is an O-ring (or O-rings) going bad. So now I have to Order a $35 kit, and hopefully I can get this gun taken apart and O-rings replaced, and hopefully that fixes the problem. Concerning that I haven't even been through a case/box of nails and this gun is out of service.Hoping I don't end up kicking myself for not buying a higher quality gun.***UPDATE 02/10/18***Ordered the O-ring kit, and started taking apart the gun, there was a large square ring on the back of the gun that had come loose and not seated properly. I lubed and adjusted it in back into position, and just like that, the gun started working again. I have to admit, i wasn't oiling it before every use. Since then, I bought some Marvel Mystery Oil for air tools, and have been using it religiously, and haven't had a single problem since. Just ordered another case of nails, Hitachi this time, as the Freeman seem to leave a lot of wire with the nails on the siding. Overall, i'm happy with the Siding Gun.Update 01/31/2019One last update. These guns are way underrated. I am still using the same gun I bought a few years ago. I have a PT Siding company, and I use probably 5-7 cases of nails a year(think there's roughly 2400 nails per case). My original gun is still firing away, and I have since bought another for a back-up for when/if my original craps out. So my honest opinion is this gun is a great buy, it takes a beating day in and day out for about 6-8 months out of the year, and i'm not easy on it. I highly recommend this gun for siding.

I figured out how to avoid misfires and jams with this nailgun. You might have noticed if you are using one that it tends to jam or missfire towards the end of a coil of nails. I found when the coil has about 1 1/2 feet of nails left on the strip if I uncoil and rewind it loosely it works fine. If yours does jam with the nail behind the Driveblade if you are careful you can drive the driveblade back into the body and remove the nail. After I started rewinding the rolls that problem did not happen any more.But that did not solve the main problems with this gun, it tends to doublefire frequently. And even though I am using a large 60 gallon compressor with larger diameter air hoses that are as short as possible the depth adjustment is inconsistent. Each nail will either drive under the surface or maybe be flush or stick out a bit. Varying pressure and playing with the depth adjuster never solved this problem. I tried another smaller compressor and it did not solve the problem.And then the weld that held the adjuster to the depth setting for nails broke so the gun no longer is usable. I will probably braze it back together so i can sell it.