Emailed Amanda
"Hi Amanda:
My Cadex Defense Shadow in .375 EnABELR finally arrived after a 6 month wait. Prior to its’ delivery, I purchased 500 pieces of Peterson brass and Whidden dies from Applied Ballistics. The Whidden dies came with a .397 neck bushing which I thought strange as the neck thickness of the Peterson brass is .0155-.016. Combined with the bullet this makes for a neck measurement of .405-.406 neck thickness for loaded rounds. Based on past experience, I measured the headspace and test chambered several pieces of the new brass. Most would chamber. Some would not. I adjusted the sizing die to match the dimensions of those that would, sized and test chambered 50 pieces of the empty brass. Next I seated a .361gr. Flat Line bullet and a 400gr. Flat Line bullet to create dummy cartridges. Neither would chamber no matter how far seating depth was below “mag length.” This led me to check for a diagram of a loaded cartridge. On your website, the diagram shows a dimension of .4098 on a loaded round. Cadex, said they were using chamber reamers based off your specs. This means I have to turn the necks on the Peterson brass down to .012”. This would give the loaded round a thickness of .399” making the Whidden neck bushing of .397” correct. Please confirm this before I start neck turning.
If you read the entire .375CT vs .375 EnABELR thread at Sniper’s Hide, they absolutely trashed this cartridge. Not one person claiming to own one mentioned mandatory neck turning of “out of the box” Peterson brass which makes me question all the pro EnABLER comments. What else do I/ we need to know?"
Other questions not in the email:
Has AB abandoned the EnABLER? If so why?
Are there actual SAMMI specs? Or is this like the Dasher where everyone has their own version that they think works best?
Does anyone make "factory ammo?" If so, who?
@338Lapmag what brass did you use, where did you buy it and did you have to turn the necks? If not, what was the neck thickness of your brass?