Abstract: A fastener striking apparatus for fasteners, especially for staples, nails, etc., comprising a housing with a plunger to be struck arranged therein, a tool portion arranged at the housing containing a fastener channel with the plunger guided therein during the striking operation, and a magazine for the fasteners with the fasteners advanced therein with the aid of a spring-biased feeder in the direction of the fastener channel, with an adjustable resetting member provided which when in the normal position has a cam projecting into a recess formed in the tool portion on the side of the fastener channel opposite the magazine and which upon adjustment against the feeding direction of the fasteners in the magazine is adapted to be adjusted to such an extent that the respective foremost staple, together with the cam is disposed outside the fastener channel.