An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue including: a handle assembly; a drive bar actuatable by the handle assembly and connected to a connector plate for effecting movement of the connector plate; a shaft assembly extending distally from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis, the shaft assembly including; a plurality of surgical clips disposed within the shaft assembly; and a jaw mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the shaft assembly, the jaw being movable between an open spaced-apart condition and a closed approximated condition; a connector plate reciprocally disposed within the shaft assembly; a pusher bar reciprocal disposed within the shaft assembly, the pusher bar being configured to load a distal-most surgical clip into the jaws while the jaws are in the open condition and remain in contact with the loaded surgical clip during an approximation of the jaws; an advancer plate reciprocally disposed within the shaft assembly; the advancer plate being engaged by the pusher bar and a wedge plate reciprocally disposed within the shaft assembly and movable between a position where a distal end thereof is disposed in the jaws and a position where the distal end thereof is free from said jaws; characterised in that said pusher bar includes: a first spring clip supported thereon for selectively engaging a feature of the shaft assembly when the pusher bar is in an advanced position for selectively maintaining the pusher bar in the advanced position; and a second spring clip supported thereon for selectively engaging a first feature of the connector plate, wherein the first feature of the connector plate selectively disengages from the second spring clip following the initial distal joint movement of the pusher bar and the connector plate; and wherein the wedge plate includes a third spring clip supported thereon for selectively engaging a second feature of the connector plate, wherein the second feature of the connector plate selectively disengages from the third spring clip following an initial distal movement of the connector plate. a handle assembly; a drive bar actuatable by the handle assembly and connected to a connector plate for effecting movement of the connector plate; a shaft assembly extending distally from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis, the shaft assembly including; a plurality of surgical clips disposed within the shaft assembly; and a jaw mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the shaft assembly, the jaw being movable between an open spaced-apart condition and a closed approximated condition; a plurality of surgical clips disposed within the shaft assembly; and a jaw mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the shaft assembly, the jaw being movable between an open spaced-apart condition and a closed approximated condition; a connector plate reciprocally disposed within the shaft assembly; a pusher bar reciprocal disposed within the shaft assembly, the pusher bar being configured to load a distal-most surgical clip into the jaws while the jaws are in the open condition and remain in contact with the loaded surgical clip during an approximation of the jaws; an advancer plate reciprocally disposed within the shaft assembly; the advancer plate being engaged by the pusher bar and a wedge plate reciprocally disposed within the shaft assembly and movable between a position where a distal end thereof is disposed in the jaws and a position where the distal end thereof is free from said jaws; characterised in that said pusher bar includes: a first spring clip supported thereon for selectively engaging a feature of the shaft assembly when the pusher bar is in an advanced position for selectively maintaining the pusher bar in the advanced position; and a second spring clip supported thereon for selectively engaging a first feature of the connector plate, wherein the first feature of the connector plate selectively disengages from the second spring clip following the initial distal joint movement of the pusher bar and the connector plate; and a first spring clip supported thereon for selectively engaging a feature of the shaft assembly when the pusher bar is in an advanced position for selectively maintaining the pusher bar in the advanced position; and a second spring clip supported thereon for selectively engaging a first feature of the connector plate, wherein the first feature of the connector plate selectively disengages from the second spring clip following the initial distal joint movement of the pusher bar and the connector plate; and wherein the wedge plate includes a third spring clip supported thereon for selectively engaging a second feature of the connector plate, wherein the second feature of the connector plate selectively disengages from the third spring clip following an initial distal movement of the connector plate.