Glenn, I appreciate that you would take yours apart. Is yours a Bannerman made [later gun] ? By the way, here is a good tutorial on disassembly of the Spencer on Firearms Talk. https://www.firearmstalk.com/threads/1886-spencer-shotgun-extractor.147523/ It is a gun from a bit later period , but most details are similar to my No. 822. I think the front trigger is in the cocked position on mine, for whatever that is worth. Daryl

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