How do I properly load the brads into my Dewalt Pneu brad nailer

My nailer had a bent nail stuck in the line of fire and would not let the gun fire, I ended up taking the tip apart and releasing it.

Many modern brad and finish nails use a sequential fire trigger system. You have to push the nose of the tool down to depress the safety THEN pull the trigger. This is the opposite of how a bottom fire works where you hold the trigger and bump the nose to fire the gun.

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I would try different brads for it, dont use anything generic, sometimes the glue that bonds the brads will jam up gun

HOW TO USE YOUR ELECTRIC STAPLER/NAILER
TO LOAD STAPLES

1. Unplug tool, (fig. 1)...(place on/off switch in "off" position, (fig. 2).)
2. Place on/off switch in "off' position.
3. Select proper staple length.
4. Use only staples identified by stock numbers on next page. Substitute staples may cause jamming.
5. Hold tool upside down. (Squeeze latch and pull, (fig.3).)
6. Drop staples in channel, legs facing upward. Push latch back in to lock in place, (fig. 4).

TO LOAD BRADS

1. Unplug tool, (fig. 1)...(place on/off switch in "off" position, (fig. 2).)
2. Use only brads identified by stock numbers on next page. Substitute brads will cause jamming.
3. Look for the image of a brad nail on the front side of the tool (fig. 5). Load brads into this side only.
4. Hold tool upside down (Squeeze latch and pull, (fig. 3).)
5. Drop brads into the channel, tilt the tool so the brads lay against the channel wall, (fig. 5).
Push the latch back in watching that the brad strip does not fall over.
6. Use High/Low power when driving brads.


TO STAPLE OR NAIL

1. Make sure the on/off switch is in the "off" position, plug stapling tacker in.
2. Turn tool on by switching to position 1 which is the "on" position and hold firmly against work surface to
engage safety mechanism.
3. Apply adequate pressure on the top of the knob (fig. 6.) while the trigger is pulled.

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Most nail guns are labeled with the longest nail/brad they can shoot but are capable of shooting shorter nails/brads. There should be a data sticker on the gun, usually on the magazine rail, or at least in the manual that tells you what pressure to operate the gun at, what guage brads the gun can shoot and the size of brads from shortest to longest it can handle.

This is pretty common with brad nailers

Remove the brads from your gun - disconnect from the air supply
On the front of your gun is a latch - open it
Check the sliding surface for build up of dirt or small pieces of metal from the brads.
Once clean polish the surface with a fine steel wool or a small brass brush
Reassemble with a drop of machine oil on the sliding surface
Oil your gun as you normally would
Using a piece of soft wood dry fire the gun 10 or so times to ensure that the dents it is making in the wood are all pretty even
Reload and nail something

Shoots staples fine but brads jam or bend. Check that the part called "guide bar", #35 on the parts diagram isn't getting stuck in the channel of part #30.

The guide bar retracts into the channel when driving a staple and springs out of the channel to guide brads.

The guide bar can get stuck in the channel if it's bent or gummed up. (Bent is likely the result of driving a brad into an obstruction.)

The business end should look like this:

Hello. I can help you. The nail gun you have uses 18 gauge brads. I would use only original Bostitch 18 gauge.

The one MM of difference you mention is the reason why you do not have the pressure you did have. Get rid of those 31MM brads and get the 18 gauge. Home Depot carries the Bostitch line. I would go there or to homedepot.com

Already posted in response to a similair question, however repeated here to close off open query!

I bought one of these guns today and I had the same problem and it took me about 2 hours to figure it out as the instructions were very poor. Here how to load the brad nails:-

(a) Pull the slider bar all the way out
(b) Place the brad nail stick on the left side, IN FRONT OF the slider, NOT in the narrow gap in front of the two arrows where it says "LOAD BRADS"
(c) The nail heads should be facing the handle of the gun
(d) Close the slider and lock it
(e) Try it out. I tried nailing hardboard onto chipboard. The lever at low power only put the nail in about 30%. On Hi power it went in about 80%.

Good Luck
Peter