Stabilizing magazine follower for fastener driving tool

A fastener driving tool is provided having a housing with an axis, the housing enclosing a piston having a driver blade, a nosepiece associated with the housing and extending in the axial direction, the nosepiece having a barrel for accepting a fastener and for axially guiding the driver blade toward impact with the fastener, a magazine associated with the nosepiece for feeding a collation strip (20) of fasteners (8) to the barrel of the nosepiece, and a magazine follower (10) slidably mounted on the magazine for biasing the collation strip of fasteners toward the nosepiece, the magazine follower having a profile (22), and wherein the collation strip (20) includes an extension (62) having a profile (24) that complements the profile (22) of the magazine follower (10).