Joe,

Try Accurate moulds. Just enter the alloy your using when ordering. The one I ordered was spot on.

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Bob

The bottom line on what mold is the best; Is whichever one fits your rifle chamber/lead the best.
Every mold on the list is a good mold and will shoot as good as the rifleman can, provided the bullet is a good fit for the rifle.

I do not subscribe to the magic-bullet theory.  That is a magical nose profile, boat-tail, or other design feature.  What actually makes for a "magic bullet" is the following:
1. bullet length
2. alloy
3. barrel twist & MV
4. bullet fit in the chambering
5. and the Nut behind the Butt

All of the above will affect how well a given bullet will shoot in your rifle.  So buy some bullets and experiment.  This is not a waste of $, because usually #5 needs all the trigger time involved in the search.

Keep on hav'n fun!
MikeT

I second the Accurate Mold recommendation-- IF you can live with a small flat meplat. Tom doesn't do pointy bullets.  but I'll bet you could figure out how to modify one to make it pointy.

Do a chamber cast, calculate exactly what will fit your bore and throat and search his product pages to find one close enough and enter the mods you need to make it fit. 
  you can even get two different versions in the same two hole AL mold block to test design then order the best in an iron block if you want.
  His service is a bullet experimenters dream, providing you can live with 30+ cal and the flat meplat. Service and turn around time is just amazing.

just sent you a PM

Joe, I have a RCBS 40-300-CSA mold (about 10 years old). Just measured a 20-1 bullet cast in it a year or 2 ago. Diameter of the bore riding section is .401, round within 2 tenths, weighs 313.5 grains. Probably not what many would choose for a target bullet but similar molds are cut by RCBS in 350 and 400 gr. nominal weights. Hope this helps.
kootne

BACO .409" 420 Grain "Money" Bullet Mould, Tapered 1st Band (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)
Joe my mould cast's a bullet weighing 415grs using 20:1 alloy, nose OD is .3995", First band measures .400", this bullet will seat almost 1.040" into the bore in the 40-65W rolling block rifle that I purchased it for, needed more cartidge volume for the BP. Son will shoot it in Mid-Range tartget & BPCS this next season. 
Bullet from this mould measures 1.440" long, 2nd band OD is .408" third is .408" and base band is .409" as listed, it is a great looking bullet, I will be switching to 16:1 alloy as soon as what I ordered gets here.
Mike
PS: This mould casts as easy as any I own, does like the bigger ladle hole.
 


westerner wrote on Dec 28^th, 2013 at 11:21am:

Here is a slightly blurry pic of the 447gr & 399gr (nominal 450gr & 400gr) 'Money' bullets cast with 20-1 from my BACo moulds. Like Mike-T's measurements, these both measure 0.3995" just above the first driving band, which measures 0.400". Last couple of bands are the 0.409".

Mike - let us know how if the 16-1 works any better than the 20-1.