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Are there any good rivet guns that will handle normal rivets as well as rivnuts ?

I could do with replacing my very basic rivet gun with something a bit more mighty but I also have an eye on being able to fit rivnuts. Do any tools do both ?

There are but not ones that do a good job, even dedicated ones won’t work very well on larger sized rivets let alone rivinuts
In fact when it comes to larger sized stainless rivinuts only the pneumatic or powered models are much good.

No! I would recommend you assess which is your priority & invest in that. You can make a rivnut tool relatively easy & although I have a rivnut tool, I wouldn’t contemplate using the dedicated tool on a larger nut. Once you have enough leverage on a rivnut tool to collapse the thread tube, you wouldn’t have the finesse required to feel a pop rivet tighten & the mandrel snap.
I don’t need to tell you that rivnuts are available in aluminium, mild & stainless steel, collapsing an aluminium rivnut is relatively straightforward, try using a “standard” tool on a stainless nut is an order of magnitude greater.
I hope that makes sense to you & whoever else who might be considered such a purchase. I can’t pass over heavier duty rivnut tool without considering replacing my original but still can’t justify it.
As far as standard riveting tools are concerned I use a Masterfix (MFX150?) & an early King Klik; for fatties I use an Eclipse lazy tong unit, I have a second but I can’t recall it’s make, the eclipse is my go to.
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