I am looking for info as to the stated weight for this bullet mold,#308403. A sticker on the box says that it is for a 32-40 Pope. The sticker was written by a past owner. The weight of the cast bullet that came with the mold is 174.2 gn. I do not know what the alloy mix was. any info on the mold would be appreciated.

Ron 

Yes small it is, the base mikes .317 OD.

Ron

The mold that I have is .303 at the front and just tapers in one direction.

Ron

I have #311403 that I bought back in 1966.  It casts 172 grains with a 1:20 mix.  The bullet has a one way taper.  Base band is .314.  Front bands are close to .303.  The way I was told to seat the bullet was to use a case with the inside of the neck turned to accept the lower half of the base band.  The recommended load was about 11 grains of SR 4759.

We went to the range in Miami on Wednesday, October 5, 2011. 
     For various reasons, none interesting, I had not fired a gun in ten weeks, and had not fired the M10 Savage 308 Winchester since the previous February.
     Michael Barrett had written about his success with SR4756 and plain based bullets for some time, so I had bought a pound and decided on an arbitrary load of 8 grains with the 308403 bullet and Remington LP (2.5) primers in the Savage, using a Lyman 20X Super Targetspot scope.  All shooting was at 100 yards with one case loaded at the bench.
     I had never shot the 308403 in the Savage, discovered that the bullet would not go into the fired case far enough to hold securely, but found that a very light tap on the bullet nose with my yellow plastic mallet seated it in the case nicely.
     The wind was blowing hard enough to blow other targets off the frames; mine required lots of masking tape. 
     Fifty shots were fired, some to adjust the sights and others as fouling shots. Seven five shot groups were fired for record, the groups measuring (“): 1.575, 1.3, 2.0, 1.125, 1.075, 1.925, 1.125; for an average of 1.446”.
     For a comparison, I then fired five groups with 314299 and 15/A#9, a good but not the most accurate load. Groups measured (“): .975, 1.05, 1.475, 1.2, .85; for an average of 1.110”.
     All groups were measured to the nearest .025” using a plastic ruler.
     I have been a champion of Pope’s 308403 for 35 years or more, and have seen shooters size, bump, swage and mercilessly redesign this bullet; I blush to admit that I have done so myself.
     Harry explained that the bullet was designed for offhand shooting in the 1903 Springfield 30-06 rifle; that the benefits of using the bullet included excellent accuracy, light recoil, no gas checks, no bullet sizing, no case sizing, a small (inexpensive) powder charge and little wind drift because of low velocity.
     I know that there are other, more accurate cast bullets; yet H. M. designed a bullet for us that works perf

Thank you very much for answering and giving insight on the history of the mold.

Ron

Good idea.

Think I have one of these molds. It's a Belding and Mull.  Stamped 311168.

Looks zakly like a Pope bullet.  Maybe I try it in my Krag.

        Joe.