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Re: Pope 32-40 first outing
Reply #15 - Sep 23rd, 2026 at 2:58pm
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joelpend wrote on Sep 23rd, 2026 at 11:55am:
Great shooting, and with iron sights.
I have this mold, I was fortunate to get one of the last batch he made for CPA. It seems to have just the right amount of lube for smokeless.
I would like a similar bullet scaled up for breech seating smokeless 38-55. Does anyone know of a similar design for a 38 that I could get BA or Brooks to make?

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Did you check out he bullet designs sticky in the general discussion forum?  Maybe there will be something close?  I have a Borton/Darr bullet like that one for .38 cal but it's not tapered.  340 gr.  I can send the measurements and a picture if it helps.  I'm sure you could take one of the 32 cal prints on that sticky thread and change the numbers. 

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Reply #16 - Sep 23rd, 2026 at 5:55pm
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i got an pm saying that pope molds were numbered to the guns.  pope did not put any numbers on the molds or other tools.  claude roderick numbered several so to keep the molds with the guns and not lost many years ago. i contacted the men that wrote the books on pope and his rifles just to make sure what i thought was correct.   tony<><
  
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Re: Pope 32-40 first outing
Reply #17 - yesterday at 12:38pm
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I have three Pope molds, none with numbers. And not all Pope molds had his rollstamp either. Some were unmarked at all, and some just had WAX marked at each point that should get lubricated occasionally.
  
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Reply #18 - yesterday at 5:23pm
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Here is one that I drew from a example that someone gave me in 2013. I don't remember who I got it from.

I always thought the base band was to long.
  
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Reply #19 - yesterday at 5:47pm
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Here is a bullet and the dimensions from my Hoch mould.  All 3 bands are the same width.
  
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Reply #20 - yesterday at 6:51pm
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How long is the base band on yours?.

The difference in length of the bullets is .073.

.073 subtracted from the base band of the bullet I posted is .175. If your base band is about that .175 in length, I'd say Borton just dropped the cherry deeper when making the one I posted. Plus Mines looks like it was made for a smaller bore size, like .311 - .312.
  
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Reply #21 - yesterday at 7:08pm
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The base band is .168 and the other 2 are .163
  
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