This heavy duty Magnum® drill is built for industrial/construction applications. It features raw power with a Milwaukee built 5.5 amp motor, 0-850 rpm trigger speed control, reversing, and a Quik-Lok® cord that can be quickly removed from the drill for storage or service replacement. Another exclusive feature is the brush cartridge system, with a set of spare brushes, that allows you to change brushes in less than one minute. Use this tool with a variety of accessories to drill into wood, metal, plastics and composites.
For day in, day out drilling and driving in wood, steel, or plastic, there might not be a better tool than Milwaukee's Magnum hole shooter. The aluminum/magnesium alloy on the gear case cuts down on the tool's weight, and the glass-reinforced nylon handle makes it a bit lighter, too--but let there be no doubts: when it comes to results, this is the same heavy-duty, ridiculously powerful, no-nonsense tool it's always been. The shooter is built with a stacked design--meaning the drill's interior parts stack on top of each other--which makes replacing parts (like a switch) much easier to do as the whole drill doesn't need to be taken apart. The handle is designed so you can hold it two ways--either pistol-grip or with the palm of your hand resting on the top back portion--making the drill an extension of your arm. As a result, you can really get behind it while still easily reaching the trigger with your fingers. And the finger slots add comfort. The shooter's top-quality chuck is a Jacobs (the best). It's a two-handed chuck, which, for the types of applications this drill is built for, is exactly what you want. The carbon brushes are also easy to access and change.
One of our favorite new features on this tool is the long and superflexible Quick-Lok cord. If the cord gets cut or damaged, you simply unplug the damaged cord and replace it with the cord from any other Quick-Lok Milwaukee tool. If you're looking for a serious, long-lasting drill, you can't go wrong here. Milwaukee's hole shooter is a very high-quality tool that will serve you for years and years and years. --Dori Anvinson
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
No, It's Not Just Hype or Nostalgia:
I haven't handled a tool that felt like this since I was a little kid in the late '70s and early '80s and it bugs me that the higher amp drills are keyless and put the side-handle in such a questionable location. Mine has had no problems with anything I've thrown at it thus far. I like that the keyless chuck guarantees a firm hold on the bits, and the side handle is rock solid when screwed in and doesn't come loose easily until you want it to. That said, the features on more modern drills make it a... more info
HELP - is this 0234-1 or 0234-6?:
Did anybody notice this?... When I ordered the 0234-6 drill, the box stated 0234-6, BUT the drill itself stated 0234-1. 1. Did anybody else have this happen to them?
2. Anybody explain what is going on?
It will break your arm:
I bought this drill in Jan. of 2008. I use it everyday for my job. I have used several drills over the years and this is by far the best one I have used. I am impressed everytime I use it. I was so happy with it I bought me another one, in Nov. of 2008. It is a very powerful motor, it has the quick removable cord, and has a strong handle that screws into the METAL body. I looked at Milwaukee's Drill 0299-20 the 1/2" 8 amp Magnum drill, and it is not built as good as the 5.5 amp drill featured on this page.... more info
Some jobs require a cord:
Cordless drills have come along way in the last 20 years. The first one that I used a 7.2V battery and was great at drilling and screwing into...pine... for about 20 minutes but not much else. Todays Lithium Ion drills have considerably more power and battery life. However, they are still limited. With the Milwaukee 0234-6 the only limit is what the drill-bit can handle. This drill has the power to drill into brick, oak, and steel - things that you will be severely limited by any cordless drill. The... more info
