Raimey - sorry the delay, I finally got around to the 1922 V-C catalog. Here are some pages discussing their Helice-Grip action. I don't have any patent information to share unfortunately. As for the top-lever stop, it appears to be standard equipment on all the guns in the 1922 catalog. I can email you these images if you want.





Such a long, long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.