A spring actuated stapling device, comprising: a body; a track along a bottom of the body to guide staples toward a front of the stapling device; a handle pivotably attached to the body wherein the handle includes an initial rest position where the handle is pivoted away from the body and a pre-release position where the handle is pivoted to be adjacent to the body; a striker movable vertically within the body between an initial rest position above the track when the handle is in its initial rest position and a lower-most position where the handle is pivoted to be adjacent to the body; and a power spring disposed within the body and linked to the striker to bias the striker toward a lower-most position; characterised by: a cage at least partially confining the power spring to preload the power spring in a rest position, wherein the cage is pivotably attached to the body near a rear end of the power spring at a location separate from the pivotal attachment of the handle; a lever pivotably attached, at a lever front end, to the body at a front upper body location adjacent to the striker within body; wherein a rear of the lever links to the handle, and the lever presses the power spring wherein pressing the handle causes the power spring via the lever to deflect and store energy, the lever pressing upward upon the body at the lever front end; wherein the rear end of the lever links to the handle through a pivotable link, a tensile connection between the lever and the handle, whereby the handle is adapted to selectively pull the lever upward, the tensile connection being at least one of a recess or notch between the components; and wherein at the respective pre-release positions of handle and lever, the lever front end is adjacent to the handle. a body; a track along a bottom of the body to guide staples toward a front of the stapling device; a handle pivotably attached to the body wherein the handle includes an initial rest position where the handle is pivoted away from the body and a pre-release position where the handle is pivoted to be adjacent to the body; a striker movable vertically within the body between an initial rest position above the track when the handle is in its initial rest position and a lower-most position where the handle is pivoted to be adjacent to the body; and a power spring disposed within the body and linked to the striker to bias the striker toward a lower-most position; characterised by: a cage at least partially confining the power spring to preload the power spring in a rest position, wherein the cage is pivotably attached to the body near a rear end of the power spring at a location separate from the pivotal attachment of the handle; a lever pivotably attached, at a lever front end, to the body at a front upper body location adjacent to the striker within body; wherein a rear of the lever links to the handle, and the lever presses the power spring wherein pressing the handle causes the power spring via the lever to deflect and store energy, the lever pressing upward upon the body at the lever front end; wherein the rear end of the lever links to the handle through a pivotable link, a tensile connection between the lever and the handle, whereby the handle is adapted to selectively pull the lever upward, the tensile connection being at least one of a recess or notch between the components; and wherein at the respective pre-release positions of handle and lever, the lever front end is adjacent to the handle. a cage at least partially confining the power spring to preload the power spring in a rest position, wherein the cage is pivotably attached to the body near a rear end of the power spring at a location separate from the pivotal attachment of the handle; a lever pivotably attached, at a lever front end, to the body at a front upper body location adjacent to the striker within body; wherein a rear of the lever links to the handle, and the lever presses the power spring wherein pressing the handle causes the power spring via the lever to deflect and store energy, the lever pressing upward upon the body at the lever front end; wherein the rear end of the lever links to the handle through a pivotable link, a tensile connection between the lever and the handle, whereby the handle is adapted to selectively pull the lever upward, the tensile connection being at least one of a recess or notch between the components; and wherein at the respective pre-release positions of handle and lever, the lever front end is adjacent to the handle.