Comments on: How to Load a Stanley “Sharpshooter” Staple Gun

By: Claire

Claire — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:10:20 +0000

I got mine years ago as a present. Didn’t have the heart (or the nerve)to tell the gift-giver I couldn’t figure out how to use it. So it’s been sitting in my toolbox ever since. Today, I decided to look it up online before I threw it out. I am so glad I did! DUH!! It’s so simple! But why in the world wasn’t there even a little picture to show how it loads? If not on the product, then on the refill staples box? Thanks so much! It works great and I’m so glad you put this up for us to see!

By: Tino

Tino — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:05:08 +0000

Thanks, saved us a lot of time trying to figure it out.

By: donna

donna — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:45:16 +0000

Thank you, I was ready to toss the staple gun through a window. The Stanley people should get on board as their manual was illegible.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:43:55 +0000

Ack! After a little ‘percussive maintenance’, I gave up trying to figure this out myself and took it to the neighbor’s house to see if they could figure it out. They couldn’t either, but they DID manage to shoot the spring loader across the room. The package says it can take 5/16″ staples, and that’s what I’ve got, but they’re not fitting, no way, no how. Does anyone have a set of pictures for loading this? I’ve only found one set online, and the pics don’t show diddly (waay too small). I appreciate your explanation tho- it’s nice to see that I’m not the only one who had problems with this!

By: Grumpy Geek

Grumpy Geek — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 06:19:44 +0000

Thanks for the info and link Rick. – GG

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 00:24:19 +0000

I don’t think anyone answered how you load brads. Here is a site that shows a picture: http://notes.ricochet2200.com/home/other/load-brads-in-stanley-staple-gun

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:52:53 +0000

Thank you Soooo much…I’ve laughed so hard reading everyone’s comments. I too was feeling so stupid – glad to know I was not alone. I guess misery loves company!

By: Grania Rogers

Grania Rogers — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:29:22 +0000

You little beauty, so easy when you know how! For the lack of any sort of hint the design team should have their b******s nailed to a board, with the sharpshooter of course.

By: BO

BO — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:48:24 +0000

Here’s one more helpful hint (this being posted after an hour of fighting with my staple gun that I use somewhat frequently…)
Sometimes a staple can become “jammed” in the loading chamber…even if you load your staples correctly, the gun will not engage the staples properly.
To clear this out, you’ll need to…
1) remove the loading chamber
2) push down on the “Wings” at the bottom of the TR45 Sharpshooter and pull-back. This will disengage the bottom of the staple gun
3) Jammed staples fall right out, and your sanity is restored
Great graphic of this process here (in the manual) http://www.stanleytools.com/default.asp?TYPE=STATICLEFT&PAGE=knowledgebase.htm&LEFT=left_knowledgebase.htm

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:07:30 +0000

Thanks so much, I’d like to think I’m intelligent too! Was struggling with the loading of the staples and not sure I would have figured it out without your sharing your information with me! You would think when a company changes something up there would at least be a diagram to follow. Thanks again!