The present invention relates to a trigger mechanism of a repeating rifle. The trigger mechanism has a sear nose that pivots about an axis and a bolt lock which is dedicated to the sear nose and which is connected to a trigger that pivots about a trigger axis and has a sear that meshes with a counter-sear. To make it possible to change the trigger characteristics simply and easily, the counter-sear is disposed on a stationary sear element and the bolt lock is disposed on the sear nose so as to be pivotable about an axis of rotation.