Split Case Reload - Any Suggestions?

[k Squared]

I realize brass doesn't last forever, but this split happened on the second reload.
The bullet is plated so I used a taper crimp. It took a pretty heavy crimp to keep the bullets from creeping out, when the first 4 chambers were fired from my light weight stubby. The case head stamp is S&B, which I assume is Sellers & Bellot (I bought it as loaded ammo several years ago).
I guess the bottom line is: Inspect your reloads!
I'd appreciate any suggestions to keep this from happening again.

[Roughedge]

Some brass last longer than others, when I load 38's I do 500 at a time and I always find two or three like that in my batch. Its a shame you wasted a primer on it .

[PawPaw]

Chunk it. You might pull the bullet and the powder to re-use, but I wouldn't shoot it. I normally chunk then when they look like that.

[LE-28]

I use S&B brass in my mixed brass, they last as long as anyone's. I've had that same thing happen to every brand of brass I use. (just about everyones).

I've Federal Premiums, Winchester, CCI, and about eight other brands split on the first reload, I have some of them that are 25 years old and I've lost count on how many times they have been reloaded.

You didn't do anything wrong so you can't keep it from happening again. It's just a brass thing we all put up with and can't pin it on any particular brand of brass.
Theirs nothing wrong with S&B brass that the other brands don't also suffer from.

That's why we inspect our brass before reloading it.

[Nick_C_S]

Like Roughedge said, some brass is weaker than others. I had one similar to this the other day (and posted on it). Chalk it up to product variation.

Always inspect. Sometimes they get over-looked - it happens to everybody from time to time. But that's just a reminder to keep checking - always. Loading requires undivided attention at all phases of the process. This is an example of why.

[chris in va]

That's crazy. I've had split cases before but not in three places like that, evenly spaced.

[bluetopper]

Don't waste the primer run it through the deprimer/sizer die.

[Nick_C_S]

I've had split cases before but not in three places like that, evenly spaced.

I know, chris in va. I thought the same thing. That's why I think it was an anomaly; a production flaw. i.e. it was just a bad piece of brass.

[WESHOOT2]

Have the chambers of whatever it failed in measured accurately; right sizes?

[g.willikers]

I've had that same thing happen to every brand of brass I use.

That's crazy. I've had split cases before but not in three places like that, evenly spaced.

Me three.
New one to me, too.
Never ran across that, even after many decades of reloading all kinds of ammo.
The only thing that comes to mind is a poor fit of brass to chamber.
Dies too small, chambers too large?
For the brass to be so weak as to do that, it would have to be unusually and noticeably thin??
But needing extra crimping to keep the bullet in place does suggest that.