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Cox mastic gun for me,the best guns by far.
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+1 on the Cox Powerflow gun:
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Widely available, affordable (£17 to £19), but widely copied. Often badly. If it doesn't say "Cox" on the gun, then it isn't, so don't buy it! Mine is now about 3 years old. Oh, did I mention that it's British? :thumbright: :huray:
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Mine has just stop working! Same as above. Pushing the trigger but the rod doesn't push :cb

Wonder if they have a warranty lol
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You do need to clean them from time to time - and scrape the rust off the rod/sand off with some alox scratch
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yes a course file or sandpaper works on solo clamps as well :lol:
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Another vote for Cox here, best guns around. The only problem with silicone guns is the site magpie.......... :angryfire: :angryfire:
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cox for me too. just a standard one like. got me name written on it too. got sick of a decent gun dissapearing and a runbbish one being left instead :angryfire: decorators speciallity is that
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I just bought the Everbuild one from Amazon for £2.55. It's good value & good quality.
I just don't want any more Cox guns nicked........ :thumbright:
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I have three of these, AK3803 SEALEY CAULKING GUN, must be 5yrs old and still going strong.
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This is the best gun I've EVER used, its solid as can be, nice and cheap and has 3 plunger rods, it's quite heavy but you can feel the quality, I think the only thing that would bend or break it would be if I ran over it with the van...

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That's the one I have, I got tired of the welds cracking on the cheaper ones and as you say that's pretty tough. :thumbleft:
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