What I call a mouth split is confined to the end of the case where the mouth has been worked in flaring and crimping. Usually no more than 1/16" long.

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Have been reloading 38 special and 357 since 1960. Does not make me an expert but I still have 10 fingers.
I don't reload by batch, only by headstamp. Have heard even that is not important unless lots of money on the results. Have never kept track of reload times. Some might be 40 years old, some 5.
Can't remember last time I saw a vertical split. Mine usually split at a cannelure. Usually leaves the neck in the chamber. Not dangerous as you cannot seat a new cartridge until it is removed (keep a brass brush handy) I use moderate loads, maybe safety would be a problem with some heavy stuff. So, use newer cases if time is important. So far as cleaning I have always cleaned primer pockets. There is a lot of hard crust left that I want out before seating a new primer. That crud can (has with me) affected primer seating. Apparently not a problem for many people. Have never "cleaned" a case, except for wiping the heavy grease and powder off when inspecting cases. Seems to have worked for 50 years.
No recommendations in this but it works for me.

This horse is so very,very dead!!

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The horse maybe dead, but it will be very tender on the the grill -- equine burgers with horseradish -- YUM !

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I do some of those OCD things, but I do use this



and that middle paragraph is just, just ..............well said

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I'd like to agree with you BUT

In this Sub-Forum we can supply sound expert advice when needed. At other times thread drift, painful observations, or just a simple insult delivered with a smile is always a possibility.

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I'm confused.

Now, where is that Israeli commando boot box full of .38 and .357 brass I put up in the late 1990s (before I started loading .38/,.357)?

The other day, a buddy of mine brought me a bag of assorted fired brass.
Now, I just need to sort/clean/decap them.

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What I call a mouth split is that area under the nose and above the chin. The length varies with the skill of braggadocio.

Split Case Picking: Like a Trip to the Grocery Store?

Sometimes called "piece picking", split case picking is a common order fulfillment method

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What can a trip to the local grocery store teach us about split case order picking?

In a split case picking system, individual items are picked from bins or open cartons. This method is sometimes called each-pick or piece picking operations.
Most of the time, these operations involve a great many SKU’s - in the tens of thousands at times - and low pick quantities. This is prevalent in e-commerce operations (such as the Container Store’s catalog fulfillment center), where items are shipped directly to the customer; parts operations (such as Aviall, an aerospace parts distributor), and other item-intensive operations.


The methods for broken case picking are:


On another thread.

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You seem to have had an extraordinarily odd experience in loading 38/357. You would be the only guy I have ever heard of that's loaded more than a few thousand 38s to have never had a case split vertically.

If I knew you better I would call BS, but I make it a habit not to do that to people I don't know, as you may look like a fool when they prove you wrong, lol.


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I do the same. I use a Lee universal deprimer die to punch out the primers, then tumble clean, inspect, and then resize, etc.

I clean all my brass in a tumbler before I do any thing. Then I size, de-prime, prime, expand the mouth, drop powder, seat, and crimp. I like clean shinny brass.

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