PYROTECHNIC DRIVING TOOL

A driving tool, comprising a handheld housing with a piston accommodated therein for transmitting energy to a fastening element to be driven in, a propellant charge for generating a gas pressure, a placing member that is able to be pressed against a workpiece, an in particular movable breech face for absorbing a recoil, and an ignition hammer that is movable relative to the breech face, wherein the ignition hammer is accelerated by means of at least one first spring against an igniter of the propellant charge, and wherein the spring is held in a tensioned state by a controllable holding member before the ignition hammer is accelerated, wherein the first spring is moved back into the held and tensioned state by the gas pressure after an ignition operation.