Abstract: A stapler of the type having a top cover member and lever member mounted for pivotal movement between an operative position disposed in closing relation with the open top of the magazine chamber of a magazine member and a staple stick loading position displaced approximately 180.degree., a staple stick pusher mounted slidable on a mounting rod within the magazine chamber and a flexible elongated pusher retracting member molded of plastic material having one end portion abutting the pusher apertured to receive the rod therethrough and the opposite end formed with a disk-shaped head insertable through an elongated slot in the top cover member so as to move within a space defined by the top cover member and the lever member.