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Jason B Participating Member Offline Posts: 34 Location: Oklahoma Joined: Jun 3^rd, 2016	Pope Automatic Mold Mar 7^th, 2025 at 2:58pm	Print Post
	Hello everyone, I've been working on this project off and on for a while now but finally have one set of handles and a set of molds finished. This is a reproduction of the Pope Automatic Mold. The bullet mold I machined for it is 32 cal. I cut the cavity with a form tool, I wasn't happy with how the bullet nose formed up so I made a pin to create a hollow point bullet and also give the mold the auto eject feature. I am not too crazy about the surface finish on the inside of the mold, so the next molds I make will be lathe bored on my CNC to see if I can get some improvement on surface finish as well as more selection on bullet design. Hoping to get to test the auto eject feature out in the next week or so. However, a fulltime job along with a 2 year old and 3 month old keep a man delightfully busy. I have other handles that I am working on that aren't spoken for yet . I plan on offering bullet molds for the McLemore reproductions that are floating around out there as well as creating more reproduction molds like this one. Really just depends on interest I receive. Please feel free to shares thoughts and opinions. Thanks!


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16732 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Pope Automatic Mold Reply #1 - Mar 7^th, 2025 at 3:26pm	Print Post
	Beautiful work, and a very nice copy of Pope's mold! I've only seen them in pictures as they're very rare. I own some double cutoff Pope molds, and they cast great bullets.

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RDBallard Junior Member Offline Posts: 83 Location: Kansas Joined: Apr 22^nd, 2020	Re: Pope Automatic Mold Reply #2 - Mar 7^th, 2025 at 4:52pm	Print Post
	Excellent I for one would be interested in a complete one in 38 cal. Put me down for one please.


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Flatlander Oldtimer Offline Posts: 623 Location: Warm Arizona Joined: Apr 24^th, 2004	Re: Pope Automatic Mold Reply #3 - Mar 7^th, 2025 at 5:00pm	Print Post
	Waiting patiently for your information. I am very interested. Flatlander

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toppkatt Junior Member Offline Posts: 55 Joined: Feb 7^th, 2020	Re: Pope Automatic Mold Reply #4 - Mar 7^th, 2025 at 6:34pm	Print Post
	RDBallard wrote on Mar 7^th, 2025 at 4:52pm: Excellent I for one would be interested in a complete one in 38 cal. Put me down for one please. ditto (for .38-55 should that matter) maybe other cals. Enjoy the kids first though, they'll be out of high school before you realize...


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Al Aub Participating Member Offline Posts: 22 Joined: Nov 5^th, 2022	Re: Pope Automatic Mold Reply #5 - Mar 7^th, 2025 at 7:37pm	Print Post
	Very interesting would like to see more information possible a 32 cal. Thank you .


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16732 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Pope Automatic Mold Reply #6 - Mar 7^th, 2025 at 8:02pm	Print Post
	I'd be interested in one in .38-55 for a 300 grain .384" bullet, especially if it was a stepped mold with that base band, and smaller forward bands.

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RSW Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1221 Location: Arizona Joined: Sep 8^th, 2006	Re: Pope Automatic Mold Reply #7 - Mar 7^th, 2025 at 10:00pm	Print Post
	So readers can see the quality of Jason's mold & handles, here is a McLemore "Pope" Universal mold for comparison. The cavity in these handles does not have the "auto eject" feature although cast bullets drop from this mold with the slightest tap. Many, if not most of McLemore's mold cavities were nose pour and machined for auto eject. Several years ago I had the loan of an original Pope Universal mold. Once I got the hang of using it, that mold was about as close to a good time as you could have casting bullets. It is not a mold for beginning bullet casters IMO. If you read Pope's original instructions on how to use this mold, your casting sessions will go quite well and you will likely be amazed at how your casting rate increases. I will be great to have mold cavities available for these universal handles again, especially since those cavities should fit the originals, McLemore and Janson's
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	Randy W ASSRA 10211 - ISSA 125 There are indeed two Americas. Simply put, it is not the haves and have nots. The two Americans are in reality divided into those who do and those who don't.
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toppkatt Junior Member Offline Posts: 55 Joined: Feb 7^th, 2020	Re: Pope Automatic Mold Reply #8 - Mar 7^th, 2025 at 10:45pm	Print Post
	marlinguy wrote on Mar 7^th, 2025 at 8:02pm: I'd be interested in one in .38-55 for a 300 grain .384" bullet, especially if it was a stepped mold with that base band, and smaller forward bands. Add this info to my posting.


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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Online Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1341 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: Pope Automatic Mold Reply #9 - Mar 8^th, 2025 at 4:35am	Print Post
	I can use one for a .32 Ideal bullet. Bill Lawrence


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bobw Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1718 Location: NW, Iowa Joined: Mar 19^th, 2013	Re: Pope Automatic Mold Reply #10 - Mar 8^th, 2025 at 11:30am	Print Post
	You also have my interest Jason. Probably could use a .40. Bob

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toppkatt Junior Member Offline Posts: 55 Joined: Feb 7^th, 2020	Re: Pope Automatic Mold Reply #11 - Mar 8^th, 2025 at 2:23pm	Print Post
	Jason's going to be very busy, depending on the cost.


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TRowe Full Member Online Posts: 182 Joined: Sep 4^th, 2017	Re: Pope Automatic Mold Reply #12 - Mar 8^th, 2025 at 8:15pm	Print Post
	Jason, Nice work! This is more like the Pope's traditional mold that didn't have the kick feature. I could never understand why someone has not done what you are doing before. One set of handles and as many dies as you want makes sense. Do you have any idea of die prices? Keep me posted Tom


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RSW Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1221 Location: Arizona Joined: Sep 8^th, 2006	Re: Pope Automatic Mold Reply #13 - Mar 9^th, 2025 at 5:45pm	Print Post
	Jason B seems to have stirred up some renewed interest in "Pope" Universal bullet molds. In an effort to continue the discussion, below is a page from Jim McLemore's universal molds catalog giving Pope's original instructions on how to use the Universal molds. Due to the file size limitations of the forum, on the following post is page two of those instructions. Hope you find them worthwhile or at least interesting.

	Randy W ASSRA 10211 - ISSA 125 There are indeed two Americas. Simply put, it is not the haves and have nots. The two Americans are in reality divided into those who do and those who don't.
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RSW Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1221 Location: Arizona Joined: Sep 8^th, 2006	Re: Pope Automatic Mold Reply #14 - Mar 9^th, 2025 at 5:46pm	Print Post
	. . . and now for page 2

	Randy W ASSRA 10211 - ISSA 125 There are indeed two Americas. Simply put, it is not the haves and have nots. The two Americans are in reality divided into those who do and those who don't.
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