I shoot many of my vintage rifles but I will confess that I would have some reluctance shooting the Winchester-Lee. And, this from a guy who collects and shoots Ross rifles! The world lost one of the most knowledgeable antique and collectable gun guys on the 4th of July - about six years ago - to a Winchester-Lee. Glenn DeRuiter, manager at SARCO, was shooting a Winchester-Lee and the bolt blew back and imbedded in his forehead. I heard that it was case failure that caused the bolt to fail.