A magazine (100) for use with a fastening tool (1). The magazine can have a pusher assembly (110) that can be retracted into a recess (171) in the magazine to facilitate loading and reloading of fasteners (53, 55). The pusher assembly can have a pusher assembly knob (140) which can be reversibly latched to a detent to maintain the pusher assembly in a retracted state. The fastening tool can use a magazine which can be reloaded by a method which has a step of reversibly retracting the pusher assembly into the retracted state to allow for feeding one or more fasteners to the magazine.