So the pics one and two are definitely bad and some guys do number three and number four is totally safe right? Also the bullet was empty, can't work up the nerve to hold a flame to a case with powder in it. Also one thing I did not mention was that I originally seated the bullet just enough to get it to stay in the case, that number was 2.450 and then I chambered it and it closed kinda tight or stiff. When I took the bullet it out I could see scratches on it and then bullet was pushed back to 2.415 but was excited and did not get a pic of this. I am going to try and figure out how to split a case since I do not have a dremmel so I can try your method also BC. Thanks guys for your info so far.