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Default Staple sizes: what do they mean?

Christopher Tidy wrote:
I have an office stapler which says it
can take 24/6 and 26/6 staples. It's loaded with 26/6 staples.
Sometimes they buckle when stapling really heavy bundles of paper, so
I was wondering if 24/6 staples are made from thicker wire?



Just yesterday I reloaded my paper stapler, first with the wrong type.
Stapler is ACCO 50 (made in USA, gotta be good!) and has worked
perfectly for many years and still going strongly. It can't handle 24/6
staples, which are thicker than the correct 26/6.