Bill,I too have seen many guns with the tapered locking lug and no hardened insert.I really don,t know. Maybe the insert on this particular gun was done in the late 1800's?
Jonny,I am not a restoration expert but I know this. To restore that gun it would cost you many times what it is worth and parts availability for a back-action gun are almost non existant.
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