Milwaukee 7120 21 3/4 to 1 3/4 Inch Coil Roofing Nailer

Customer Reviews

Great tool at a 'below market' price!

2008-01-24
What caught my eye with this tool was the high quality I've seen in other Milwaukee tools and the overwhelming positive reviews online. Then there was the price! I couldn't find one of these in the local box stores or the specialty air-tool shops that love to promote Hitachi and Max. In fact, I couldn't find ANY Milwaukee nailers locally. Of course, those other brands cost 2-3 times MORE so their must be a reason to buy them?? I own several Hitachi guns and honestly love them. I thought I would find a reason to buy another Hitachi over this gun but just couldn't I was skeptical when I found this online for $120 new, and with a very nice case even, but decided to go with it anyway. The fit, finish, balance, and reliability are great. so-far so-good. I wonder why Hitachi can't use paint that lasts more than two weeks? Do you think it's that lead toy-paint they use in China? Overall I'm very pleased with this Milwaukee nailer. I only wish their framing nailer came with a similar case... I'd buy it immediately if it did. You would think contractors would insist on a case to keep their tools protected and out of the shop? Now if Milwaukee steps up their market coverage with pneumatic nailers and manufactures a siding gun, a cap-nailer, and maybe a coil-framing gun??? I think they will do very well.

Good price, good gun

2008-01-15
We are on our sixth mansard roof with this gun and like it a lot. The old Senco stays in the bin. It has a good feature set - dial-a-depth, single shot or bump fire selector, swivel exhaust, quick setting exposure gauge, etc. Light weight. I hope they come out with a siding nailer. Need one.

Compare the prices of the other roofing nailers and you will see that this is a great buy.

One thing it needs is a rafter hook. Just added one so I can hook it in my hammer loop when I need both hands. On a 12/12 we are not setting anything down on the roof.

With our 15g gas compressor we find that we can fill the tank, shoot 3-4 rows, then fill again. Love the quiet - and we save gas and reduce our carbon footprint (which is sooo Green.)

first time roofing gun user...

2007-12-08
To be honest, I have never owned a roofing gun before so I have nothing to compare it to but the price was nice so I thought i would give it a whirl and see if it would speed up a roofing project I had. 36 squares later...worked perfectly, I especially like how light the gun is. It never jammed once and the only time it ever misfired was when I stuck some coils that had were misshapen and sort of "out-of-round" Hope this helped.

Great tool!

2007-12-07
Unbeatable for the price. Lightweight, easy to load. Great warranty. Buy it, you won't be disappointed!

Milwaukee Nail Gun

2007-11-29
The nail gun was perfect! It works great. It took a very short amount of time to arrive at my home.

works well

2008-07-27
Bought this to help reroof my garage which is now complete. At first I had a terrible time with jamming - basically every other shot or two would not feed and I would have to dry fire to get the gun to cycle. Tried oil which helped but not for long. The shots that did go in were fine. After a while I turned up the pressure (to something around 100 psi - don't remember exactly) and the feed problems went away and the gun worked flawlessly. I had set the pressure on the low end at first because I did not want to overdrive the nails. The depth setting didn't seem to affect the depth as much as the way the gun was held - may be obvious to some but I learned that if I pressed the gun into the shingle throughout the shot, I tended to overdrive more nails. Holding the gun a little looser and going quickly from shot to shot resulted in flush nails. I have used other roofing nailers in the past and this one worked just as well or better and was less expensive.

An Awesome Nailer!

2008-07-14
I bought this based on Amazon reviews. I was looking for a nailer for putting down cement board in my kitchen and soon putting down new roof. With its first thousand nails put in through 1/2" hardibacker board, I have to say this thing is surprisingly light and powerful. I compared it to my friend's $300 Hitachi, and he even had to admit that the Milwaukee had the Hitachi beat in every way that matters. The adjustable and removable shingle stop is a nice feature as well. I just can't find anything bad to say about this nailer, and it even comes with some cool sunglasses for working up on the roof.

great buy

2008-04-07
was looking for a used roofing nail gun....found out about the special amazon was having on this milwaukie gun.... read the reviews and decided to purchase....i have finished my 26 sq roof and a storage shed,,,over 8000
nails....had 2 jams.....some of the coils were not quite even, so that caused the jams.... loads easily, lightweight...
i have used 1 1/4 and 1 3/4 nails....both works great....even at the regular price, this is a top of the line coil nailer; worth the money

can't buy nails for it.

2008-03-31
I was very disapointed with this roofing nail gun because you can't buy nails that work in it. The nails I order that were suppose to be for this gun did not work. The gun jamed after every shot. I called the manufacture of Milwakee tools to find out where I can get the nails for this gun. They said they stopped making this gun and they didn't know where I could get nails for it. I went all over looking for nails to fit this gun with no luck. So if you buy this gun you'll have to use it as a paper weight.

Milwaukee has a hit on their hands!!

2008-03-26
After all the nailers I've used, this one has become my favorite. More features than any other nailer and at a better price. No malfunctions or misfires to date. I could not even suggest an improvement. Great job on this tool Milwaukee! I'll be ordering more.