And now, just to muddle things up a bit more, I found that Speer is making a .311 / 150 gr. Spitzer SP bullet with a ballistic coefficient of 0.411 - sectional density .222 (Part Number 2217).
The sectional density of a .311 / 174 gr. bullet is .257, by the way. If really a .311 / 150 gr. Spitzer bullet has a ballistic coefficient of 0.411 with a sectional density of .222, then, logically, a .311 / 174 gr. Spitzer bullet with a sectional density of .257 should have a substantially higher ballistic coefficient.
Moreover, it seems to me that the ogive of the Mk VII bullet is significantly longer than the ogive of the Sierra .311 / 180 gr. Spitzer bullet.
Somebody, somewhere, must have the answer - hopefully.