Eventually I'll do a complete tear down on one or two of these tools. Life is busy right now and I have also lost interest in doing videos again. It happens.

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There was an attempt to market "nitrocellulose integrated pins" once before. It was for the Ladd tool. The special pin had a cup on the end that held the pellet. We had some on hand when Masterset was moved from the Indianapolis location, and someone unfamiliar with them threw them in the hopper. A few minutes later they started popping off, apparently from a pin scraping a tablet. After watering down the hopper, a couple of us fished the pins out. A week later they were dry enough for me to ignite them with my lighter. I really do wish I saved a few of them, but there was too much risk in keeping them.

I would just try online. If you are lucky, you might get $50 for it.

I don't know of any side loader tool available now. Keep an eye on the online actions. You never know what will pop up.

high velocity, also known as standard velocity.

Good luck on finding information. I can't find much myself.

@@vintagepowderactuatedtools9036 Thank you for looking. I appreciate your craft.

No piston. This tool is direct drive.

Update: the piston was stuck in the expansion chamber and the whole 7nit needed lubrication. My question now is: should I start hoarding spares like pistons or compression rings? Also, are there screw attachments for this?

@@marian_f1704 sorry for the delay, I've been busy. I don't know if parts are still available or not but hoarding may not be a bad idea. There are pins with a threaded portion. I would talk to Hilti to see if either are still available for that tool.

It is rare but maybe not as rare as I first thought. They didn't pop up online until rather recently. Then suddenly in recent years, several had been available in online auctions. My guess is that people held on to them because they are so unique. Those people are now passing away and they are thus being put up for sale. I have three now, two of which came from a person that recently closed up shop and was selling off those old unique tools he held on to.

@vintagepowderactuatedtools9036 yeah ok that makes sense... it's also an item that's on the cusp of being classed as an illegal fire arm (in Australia anyway) so it could also be abit of 'if u don't ask then people won't tell'. I purchased mine off Facebook marketplace for 200 dollar afew years ago of a local picker. I saw it 18 minutes after he posted it and organised pick-up immediately, he said 5 minutes later facebook had taken it down and given him a ban for selling illegal weapons on their platform!

@vintagepowderactuatedtools9036 I was going to email you but couldn't find your email address through your channel, if your interested in some pictures I'd be more than happy to send you some, could also send you pics of the manuals, schematic fold out and cleaning instruction booklet haha

My one is a slightly different design to the one you showed on your channel, the collar still has a locking lever but it isn't flared out like the ones you have, also I was goin to say, the collar on mine was alittle tricky to remove and put back on at first. There's a funny little flat head pin you can rotate inside the collar. Sort of moves in 2 actions. The head of that pin is off set ever so slightly and will lock the collar in place when rotated again. Removing that allows you to take the safety lever out etc. Trigger system and firing pin is such a simple idea but perfectly manufactured to be foolproof! They are an unbelievably easy thing to modify into a proper fire arm without actually modifying a single thing, just adding a thing or 2 you can get anywhere. Kinda scary actually haha. makes me wonder if that's where alot of them ended up!

@@liamrankin1781 sorry for the delay, I had intended to reply earlier. I've heard about the Australian laws. Technically they aren't illegal here, but they are no longer OSHA approved. It is a neat find, and I'd say worth the price. Send photos to [email protected]

Looks like 1/4" barrel .22 and 3/8' barrel is .25, my brother found a manual for the 395 literally as I was typing and it defines power loads on page 6

@@jackofeverything1386 Never heard of those but I bet they are different versions of the D 180, also called the Omark 110. There were lots of changes done to those things. They use crimp .25 caliber loads.

pins for the tool have a head diameter of 1/4 or 3/8, neither are available anymore.

You need pins that were made for the barrel diameter. Modern pins won't work.

Are you in Australia by chance? Is it a trigger tool?

The only place parts would be available would be from China. It wouldn't be worth the trouble.

I don't have one and I'm not aware of any.

Parts are no longer available.

@@vintagepowderactuatedtools9036 lost the piece the shell goes in

@vintagepowderactuatedtools9036

yours is probably on wrong and pinched between the barrel and nosepiece. try a wrench. it won't hurt anything.

That usually happens when the ring on the driver is worn out. try replacing the ring or the driver.

True. I have more tools from both companies and plan to get to that soon. At the moment though I have to use my spare time on other things.

rubber fluting on the nail

Fix Rammer was distributed in the US out of Charlotte, NC, but were actually made in Germany. Parts would be extremely hard to find, and the tool is no longer used on jobsites. There is really no value to it, but maybe someday someone will be looking for it. It really is a relic of a bygone era.

I'm not pleasing everyone. The purpose of this channel, should something happen to me, is give the family an idea as to what they have to deal with. I'm not investing into equipment just for that.

I'm' glad it was helpful. You need to be cautious with the tool. It works differently than the captive piston design and can be dangerous if used improperly. You can use anything from WD-40 to gun oil. Basically, use whatever you have on hand. Just make sure to wipe off the excess.

Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by "groups."

Maybe he means nails, what it nails use ?

I don't know where one is available. Keep searching and it may pop up.

It just an attempt to get extra carbon build up out of the tool. The idea is to vent gas and the carbon through holes in the bottom, but I doubt it is very effective.

You can make a tool that drives a four inch pin, and it has been done, but there is a sticking point. Powder actuated tools are divided into two groups: high velocity and low velocity tools. High velocity tools can do it, but they are no longer approved for use on the job. If I remember the numbers correctly, any tool, with or without a piston, that can propel a fastener at 1,000 fps is considered high velocity. It takes a lot of energy to drive a four inch fastener. Low velocity tools pretty much reach their limit with three inch pins.

@@vintagepowderactuatedtools9036 From testing I know a #4 .22 blank will drive a washer equipped 3" nail perfectly into two 2x4s being joined to make a 4x4. I want a nail gun that can reliably (and quickly) sink a tacking nail into two 4x4s to hold them together. I have some #5 shells, and even some 50D nails the heads of which I turned down to .30 so they would fit into the Remington's barrel, but of course the limiting factor is the Remington.s barrel is only 3" long. A longer barrel is needed and I think it frustrating that no one makes one. Mptomg the OD of the Remington barrel at the muzzle is .62 an obvious solution is to thread the muzzle for 1.2x28 TPI, then at the chamber end tap a cut down, shot out Mauser 8mm barrel to that thread pitch and attach that as a means of making a 6" barrel equivalent. I can't be the first to want a quick and easy way to fasten 4x4s without needing expensive hangers.

It isn't that easy. If you lengthen the nosepiece, you will also have to lengthen the piston enough to reach the work surface. It's easy to drive a three-inch pin into green concrete, older concrete is a different story. Not that it makes much difference but most three-inch pins on the market are not three inches, most of them are actually 2 7/8. One way to sink a three-inch pin is to make it a tad bit shorter. That's why Simpson marketed a PDPA-300 and a PDPA-278 so you can take your pick. Speaking of Simpson, see if they might still have a PT-27HDA in stock. That tool was one of the most powerful low velocity tool on the market. You could also look into getting A Hilti tool intended for Insulation washers. They have the extended nosepiece and Piston you are asking for.@@kenibnanak5554

@@kenibnanak5554 It isn't that easy. If you lengthen the nosepiece, you will also have to lengthen the piston enough to reach the work surface. It's easy to drive a three-inch pin into green concrete, older concrete is a different story. Not that it makes much difference but most three-inch pins on the market are not three inches, most of them are actually 2 7/8. One way to sink a three-inch pin is to make it a tad bit shorter. That's why Simpson marketed a PDPA-300 and a PDPA-278 so you can take your pick. Speaking of Simpson, see if they might still have a PT-27HDA in stock. That tool was one of the most powerful low velocity tool on the market. You could also look into getting A Hilti tool intended for Insulation washers. They have the extended nosepiece and Piston you are asking for.

yes, for concrete and steel.

That is a good price. I just posted another video on this tool, if you are interested. Good luck with yours.