I'll say that I've heard people have trouble with S&B, CBC (Magtech), and even Speer Brass over the years (in different calibers). I've even heard people bad mouth Starline brass. Personally, I've really not had any issues with any of these. I found out real quick that the 9mm Fed NT brass has a smaller primer pocket and I ditched all of it since I didn't want to deal with enlarging the pockets on those. If it were for a rarer caliber, I probably would have done so on one afternoon. Overall though, I've used a lot of S&B brass and not had any trouble with it.
I've found in general that CCI primers are a bit larger than the others. They are generally harder to ignite as well. I tend to use Remington or Winchester in my standard ammunition for 32 S&W long, 38/357, 40/10mm, 45 acp, and 9mm. When I load for my competition revolver, I change up to Federal small or large pistol, they are the softest, but also more expensive primers. I know a lot of people who choose to use Small rifle primers for their hotter pistol loads in 357 magnum, 38 super, 357 maximum, and the like, but having used small pistol primers, I've not found the need nor seen cratering or flattening in my handloads. YMMV. I was told by someone in the know that besides a slightly thicker primer cup, the amount of priming mixture in the winchester small rifle primer is the same as in the small pistol primer.
Vince