novel wrote:

I have this staple gun that was left in the house that I bought.
On it says T2025 and it works cause it was still 'loaded'. and I
tried it. Now, I need to know what to buy when it runs out and
more importantly on how to unload it. I had a much older arrow
gun T50 and know how to load that, but i prefer this one. I
tried to remove it like the T50, by pulling the bottom where
u load the staples out, but it would not give. It also has a
red inserted piece..for what I do not know, except it looks
cool. I went to youtube and all they show were other models,
nothing resembling this one..hoping someone here knows and
can clue me...thanx.

Subject: Can anyone explain Arrow T-series staples and guns?
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:14:52 -0500
From: Home Guy
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house, alt.home.repair

DT wrote:

So anyways the model number engraved in the stapler is T-25M, but
the single-sheet exploded parts view inside the packaging says
it's a T25P Gun Tacker.

You didn't buy an ordinary stapler. You bought one dedicated to
tacking low voltage wiring with round top staples.

Well, this is my second T25 stapler, and all I ever use in them are the
flat-top T20 staples.

I figure that if the staples fit properly in the feed guide, that's all
you need to worry about.

I loaded a rail of flat-topped T20 staples into my new T25 gun and drove
a few staples into some scrap hardwood. Worked fine - as I expected.

It's strange. Arrow seems to make guns with model numbers that match
the staples.

So they have T25 round-topped staples for T25 guns.

I don't see a T20 gun to match the T20 flat-topped staples.

They do sell a T2025 gun, which claims to use both T20 and T25 staples.

But like I said, the T25 gun seems to shoot T20 staples just fine.