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Without the picture I can only speculate. My references show it to be a "moderate" load - nothing unusual/extreme. At that point it's usually traceable to a case problem. Brass work hardens which contributes to vertical cracks, usually in the neck. How many times was the case reloaded? Neck sized or full length? Trimmed? Has it ever been annealed? Does your buddy do neck uniforming? Lots of questions. My recomendation is to closely inspect the remaining brass from that lot and consider disposing of any that might be suspect. This is a case where it's best to err on the side of caution. Repeats can eventually cause damage to the rifle's chamber (NTM the possibility of serious embarrassment).
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A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero (42B.C)
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