Re: 6.5x55 and Varget?
40gr. re-22 pushing 140gr bullets (Sie btsp, Nos bthp, Spr fbsp)in my long barrel Karl Gustov 1896 model gets me 1/2" groups.
Dont know about the carbines.
That is with new, sized Norma brass with Fed 210 primers and SAMI OAL.
I am too cheap to shorten a barrel just to get the possible lead somewhere near touching a spire point bullet (chamber was designed for round point, so I would need custom, extra long necks just to get near the lands...), and the work would double the cost of an already 1/2 MOA rifle...