I cannot find PowerFast HD Staples for 31800 31600 stapleguns at local home centers...where can I purchase them?

SOURCE: I have a PowerFast staple gun #31600. Can not

I got some staples stuck in my Powerfast 31600 too. I THOUGHT they were the right staples, I was wrong. You have to bend a little tab on the bottom of the stapler to let the slide come out of the back. Then you can remove the staples. Replace the slide and tap the tab back into place with a punch.

SOURCE: how do i load the Desa Powerfast heavy duty

Turn Stapler over.

SOURCE: how do i load the Desa Powerfast heavy duty

Follow the directions on the bottom where it says Press to open. Slide the silver loader out. It appears as though the staples should load on top of the silver loader. When I do this, the stapler does not work. When I insert the staples directly into the opening that was created when the silver loader is pulled out (the staples pointing up), close the silver loader which closes all the way with the staples on top (like if you had loaded them on top when it was sticking out), and press the handle. Works the first time! I don't know why it works this way and not when I load it from the top when the silver loader is sticking out. I just wanted to get it working! Hope this helps others in the future.