Raimey, Here is what 12bore wrote about 14983 (p.17).

This is a very rare mechanism. The hammers are flat nose or noseless. The strikers are retractable with the cocking of the hammers. This gun could be considered a "false hammerless" design. The firing pins are connected internally to the cocking rods on the exterior of the action, which are in turn connected to slots via the anterior portion of the hammers. Very ingenious and another way to invent the mousetrap!

I made the comment that I looked similar to the old Lancaster base-fire system from 1860 (this from Diggory's May 2020 issue of Vintage Gun Journal (but I think Dayrl is right about the Pape patent - would like to know more about this patent):
https://www.vintageguns.co.uk/magazine/ace-of-base-fire
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