Review on 🔧 Astro 13-Inch Heavy Duty Riveter - Model 1423 by Jarom Bulles

Does the job well and is very solidly built. Has a very impressive mechanical advantage for such short handles. I only had to squeeze the handles 1.5 times to install a 1/4" rivet to attach something to my Jeep's tailgate. from HF was not nearly as smooth and easy to use. It has almost the same handle length but only 1/8" rivets, but this one is much easier to use. What a huge improvement in quality/performance. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that it's inconvenient to use with a trash can installed, but it's easy to fix. You just unscrew the useless thing and it doesn't bother you. You have to point the rivet gun upwards, open the handles fully and shake the tool well so that the used mandrel still falls out. You can also make it over the trash can or in a pile for later.