Hmmm. Thats the way every gun we took apart was...the long end of the spring went to the top, I'll check again to make sure...and yes, we did get the gun quit doubling, we scraped off some dried up crud off the hammer and sear notches and cleaned up some tiny imperfections on the metal with a small file...it doesn't double anymore, but the back trigger is still way too light for my liking.