I’m curious about your low opinion of S&B. I’ve only used it in 45acp and haven’t had any problem with it. I’ve been very pleased with the brass for reloading. What problems have you had?
Cabela’s sold a one of a kind collector M-1 Garand last year with 500 rounds of S&B. In the first 100 rounds there was a double charge that blew the side of the housing out and destroyed the beautiful walnut stock. Unrepairable. That tells me quality control is not good.
When it comes to ammo screwing up I don’t take any chances. Its lucky the incident happened in a Garand. They are built like a tank. Any regular bolt action weapon it would have come out like a hand grenade and caused serious injury.