5 Responses to “Porter-Cable FC350 Clipped Head Framing Nailer Kit”

1. raymond said on February 5th, 2010 at 1:11 am

   I would give this gun a 5 star rateing if I could find nails. Ive been to local stores and they only stock two sizes. Im looking for the clipped heads. Im looking for galv. and not galv.
   Rating: 4 / 5

2. Raymond said on February 5th, 2010 at 1:15 am

   I really like the nailer but can only find two size nails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is there anymore? . . . . . . . . . . . . . there should be
   Rating: 4 / 5

3. Anonymous said on February 5th, 2010 at 1:58 am

   I recently acquired one of these nailers at [the store] and it was equiped with a new trigger design with a selector for either “bump fire” or “restrictive fire. ” This eliminates the need to change the trigger and is a nice feature usually found on only expensive nailers. The tool was marked “Type 3″ and this may be the first with this feature. The new trigger may be available from Porter-Cable for older guns but I’m not sure. (I plan to check for some other nailers I have from them. ) So far I’ve only test fired the gun so can’t comment on performance yet. Concerning nails, the gun will shoot any 30 to 34 degree PAPER COLLATED clipped head nail. This includes Paslode, Senco and a number of generic brands. I have no trouble finding a good assortment of any of these and since I also have a Paslode gas-fired nailer, I wanted something interchangable to avoid having to buy more than one type nail. Paslode and Senco are both now making a round head nail for clipped head nailers and these may also fire in this gun but can’t be sure. I have had good performance with other P-C guns and see no reason this should not give the same.
   Rating: 4 / 5

4. James LeMay said on February 5th, 2010 at 1:59 am

   Buy the PC FC350, but do not buy the factory-refurbished one.

   I bought Amazon’s refurbished FC350 nailer. Right out of the box it was jumping and kicking and double-firing like a cowboy doing target practice from the back of a bucking bronco. It was scary to use. The erratic monster had powerful kickback, and would jump off the 2×4, and fire another nail at some random nearby location. It did tricks: no nail, 2 nails, nail half way in. The refurbished FC350 was a sort of Russian-roulette nail gun: a seriously dangerous, out-of-control weapon. On the plus side, I saved 50 bucks.

   A few wild and breathless minutes later, I was on my way to Home Depot. I picked up a new FC350A. I disconnected the air hose from the pogo stick of death, and hooked it onto the new nailer. Wow. Night and Day. The shrink-wrapped FC350A is a predictable, powerful, precise dream nailer. It does its job exactly as it should: it loads easily and fires surely. No kickback, one nail at a time (if so desired).

   The FC350 deserves all the praise it gets here on Amazon. The FC350A is even better, with a redesigned load mechanism and a trigger you can set to single/multi shot. But buy it NEW, and not refurbished.
   Rating: 5 / 5

5. Jonathan Norton said on February 5th, 2010 at 3:05 am

   I bought my FC350 a while back. And, this gun has been nothing but good to me, never have misfires or jams. It is so reliable, day in, day out, this gun performs like no other. I was looking at the Senco 650 when I was gun shopping, and the FC-350 is solid aluminum, Whereas the Senco’s nail-loading system is plastic. I KNOW you will love this gun, and its high-quality performance. Its the best clipped head framing gun out there. I have used Bostitch, Senco, Hitachi, and this gun clearly reigns.
   Rating: 5 / 5