Just got a new shilen 6.5x55 barrel to install on 110 long action. I am beginning to wonder if the throat is cut too short. With hornandy OAL gauge and modified case using speer hot core 140 grain I get a max COAL of 2.987 with the bullet jammed on the lands. Cannot get anywhere near the Max COAL of 3.015. If I want to get 40 thousands off the lands would put me at 2.95. Is this something to be concerned about. Seems like it would reduce powder capacity quite a bit. On the other hand I might be able to use a 1st Gen short action versus a long action and get good accuracy.

Any thoughts?