Need help with stud latch !!!

[Marshal J.D.Lightning]

Greeting for Australia Pards,

I need some help to get the side plate & the stud latch back on my Uberti/Beretta Schofield. I took it off to give it a bit of a clean out, bad mistake  I can't get the latch to line up to get the screw back in !!! What am I doing wrong or not doing 

Thanks in advance for your help, much appreciated.

Lightning

[turnin fool]

Hay Marshal
Thanks for bring the subject up I am about to tear into mine to see if i can solve the locking up problem.  Saves me some frustration when I get to that point.  Boss, thanks for the answer!! 
By the way, what part of the down under are you down under?
Turnin Fool

[Marshal J.D.Lightning]

Joss,

Thanks for your help much appreciated. I haven't had the time to get it back together yet, so now I hope it will be easier than my last attempt !!!!

Turnin Fool ,

I'm from Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Great place to live !!!!

Thanks again & all the best.

Lightning

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[Marshal J.D.Lightning]

Joss,

How do you keep the pressure on, to get the screw back in ??

Just can't seem to get it lined up 

Thanks again.

Lightning

[Marshal J.D.Lightning]

Joss,

Thanks again for all your help it's much appreciated !!!

I've got the latch back in place but I think I've done something wrong because it's now very hard to cock & it won't fire. It's like something is pushing on the hammer from inside, if you know what I mean ? I've loosened all the screws on the side plate & it's made no difference 

I have learnt a very good lesson from all this & that is don't touch it cause I don't know what I'm doing !!!!

Thanks again & all the best.

Lightning

[Marshal J.D.Lightning]

Joss,

When I took the latch off again the revolver functioned properly, cocked & fired like it always has 

When I took a close look at it, it looks as if the back of the latch spring is pushing against the hammer causing pressure on it making it hard to cock & not letting the hammer fall freely !!!

As soon as I put the latch back on it did the same thing again. Could the spring be causing me all this trouble & how do I get the spring back in place if this is the problem 

Thanks again.

Lightning 

[Marshal J.D.Lightning]

Joss,

Thanksfor all your help. The problem was that the latch spring wasn't seated in the grove of the latch so the spring was sitting out putting pressure onto the side of the hammer !!!

I had a very good Friend of mine look at it for me & he picked up on it straight away & fixed it.

Thanks again & as always your help was much appreciated.

Lightning