now begins to turn in a counterclockwise direction through the spring force f a and subsequently encounters the firing pin not shown which executes the energy transfer on the percussion cap as part of the rotary movement of the trigger element 1 around the pivot point a the control face sp of trigger element 1 comes into contact with the second contact face sk 2 of pawl 3 the pawl 3 begins to rotate around the second axis b 1 in the clockwise direction wherein the first contact face sk 1 of pawl 3 slides along to the locking face as 1 of the first locking tooth 71 until it is released due to a backward movement of a breech not shown in x direction the trigger element 1 is rotated clockwise around pivot point a against the spring force f a due to the spring load of locking element 2 this is pressed against the trigger element 1 in the clockwise direction if the movement of the trigger element 1 clockwise exceeds the locking face sn of locking element 2 the locking element 2 pivots back into the latching recess 9 as soon as the breech moves in the opposite direction in the direction of the barrel the trigger element 1 is moved in the counterclockwise direction by the spring force f a wherein the locking faces s and sn of locking element 2 or of trigger element 1 come back to be positioned on top of each other the trigger element 1 is now back in its tensioned standby position if the shooter operating the handgun exerts another tightening on the trigger 5 then the sear 4 is shifted further in the x direction wherein the.