Silverline 868544 50 mm Air Brad Nailer

I have been around the block a few times and have tried a few Silverline products during that time and they have all been without fail total and utter junk. But having inherited an air compressor from a friend recently and in the need of air tools I read the other reviews for this nailer and thought I would try Silverline once again....I am blown away by just how good this nailer is.... it feels very strong and well made absolutely no twisting or cracking in my hands and it has a good weight to it as well.... not too heavy but just heavy enough.Assuming you have the right fittings (German type I believe) on your air line / hose this gun will fit.This gun really has some power to it and fires the nails in very strongly although you can adjust how powerful it is with the dial on top of the gun. The magazine locks into place easily without sending a row of brads blasting out like my previous electric nailer.It has a safety at the business end (where the nails come out) that is essentially quite a long curved piece of metal that isn't particularly well finished or covered with rubber or other padding so could easily mark softer wood workpieces but there is a lever to the right of the gun that can be pulled up to disengage the safety so as much as the safety isn't great it's good the disengaging lever is available.... plus it means nails can be fired without the gun being held against a workpiece (my record is about 4 feet accurately).So I put my hand up and say I have finally found a tool that Silverline do very well... never thought I would see the day. Highly recommended.

Air gun arrived today. Ordered yesterday! I already knew I would need to get hold of Euro quick connect adaptors to be compatible with my air line and got a pack from an Amazon seller. The gun comes with a British style 1/4" air line quick connector just to let you know, which is NOT fitted to the gun as you need to use some PTFE tape to make a good seal. So this was easy I fitted my Euro quick connector with PTFE. Be careful when you screw in whatever connector you need as it could be easy to damage / over tighten the connector which would damage the thread on the gun and make it useless. I powered up my compressor and used some 30mm brads I had to hand. What can I say REALLY REALLY REALLY GOOD air gun which I'm looking forward to using when I fit some profiles or make some draws etc etc. Light easy to use, did some test nails into two pieces of wood one hard one soft and barely left a mark on the soft wood. I guess if you press too hard it will leave a mark on the surface.

I already have an almost identical combination nailer and stapler, but needed a dedicated nailer for final fix work to keep the nail holes as small as possible. This nailer leaves VERY small nail holes that don’t damage the surrounding surface and can be easily filled. Much smaller than the stapler.Used with expanding adhesive to support skirting boards and the nailer sinks brads just under the surface of the skirting on breeze/cinder blocks walls. Same story with the architrave without any splitting even close to edges.Fired maybe x300 brads without a single jam or misfire. Paid for itself in the time it’s saved.There’s no depth control and this is instead regulated by the pressure supplied from your compressor. There’s no mechanism to prevent empty firing, but there’s an obvious window on the side of the cassette holding the brads so you can visibly check when running low.I had to switch the supplied PCL air connector to a Hi Flo to suit my connector, but that was a 2 minute job and you may not need to.Fired a range of small brads right through to 50mm into softwood and oak, all with no issue, jams or misfires.Great value.If this review was useful, I'd be grateful if you clicked 'Helpful'. Thanks

It’s very cheap, lightweight, sinks the nails and leaves a very neat little sinkhole which is perfect for filling and sanding. Unfortunately Silverline don’t supply replacement firing pins which is always the first thing to break on these cheap nailers. When that happens (and it will sooner or later) it will be scrap! If you want a nailer you can depend on, buy one that you can get replacement firing pins for and always have one or two on standby.

I purchased this to replace an ageing air nailer that had served me well. This one is equally well made and will fire a variety of length of brads. I have pushed several thousand nails through this in the short time i have had it(building and cladding a shed with my father) and so far we have had only one blockage that was easy and quick to clear. This as proved to be extremely reliable and robust.