Yeah that area really surprised me (and, I'm sure, would have gotten my attention, had the pressures been higher). I did have a reformed-from-300 Weatherby, 2nd or 3rd time fired Remington nickel case do something similar in my 340 one time, but that's the only other time I've seen a case split along the length like that and involved neither shoulder or neck.


Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.