It's shipped cocked. All you have to do is remove the action from the stock. Remove the recoil spring and push the ping at the rear out from the right side. The left side of the pin has a head on it. Push the trigger assembly to the front and out. Reverse to put the Jard in. On the last on I just got in, there was a ridge on the right side of the Jard frame that I had to remove so that the trigger would fit in the receiver.