i have the 15 ga nailer, bought it about a year ago i think. My depth knob is plastic too and my magazezne is also plastic; However i Dont see any of that as bad. I’ve stepped on the magazene once pretty hard and if it were aluminum it probably would have bent. Mine says made in japan though..
keep us posted im cureus too about hitachi with their new hulk-ish appearence and all. Iwonder if they moved alot of their production to taiwan and thats how they were able to justify redesighning so many of their tools
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–> measure once / scribble several lines / spend some time figuring out wich scribble / cut the wrong line / get mad