I have 3 Winder Muskets of different production periods; one pre-WW1, one from the Dec. 1917 batch, and one post-WW1 production, perhaps one of the last Single Shots produced, made from left-over parts.  All have ejectors and all will put an empty case down your shirt collar more often than not.   

I have an early Low Wall in .22 rimfire, the kind with the high block.  IIRC, it does not eject.   

Also have a coil spring High Wall (not a Winder) with a #4 barrel and SST.  It does not eject and is a PITA to remove the fired cases.  If you shoot this one, you can see why the automatic ejector was developed.

When I first began indoor rifle shooting in 1958, nobody shot Winders because military-style sling tension changed the point of impact. BSA Martini Internationals threw empty cases all over the place.  The rule was "if you shot one, you had to sweep up."

bpjack wrote yesterday at 7:36pm:


High Walls in .22 rimfire with cut down walls were relatively common modifications in the days of wintertime (or urban) indoor offhand matches in the years before anyone ever heard of Winder.  Those early matches were shot with Shorts.  If you had big fingers, stuffing a Short into a High Wall chamber in a dark room filled with a fair amount of BP smoke would cause you to consider alternatives.