Quoted: USGI Service Grade for me, I'm very impressed with its accuracy...
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We have purchased several from the CMP. You must know that it is a crap shoot. But if I were to do it for what you are looking for I would order a HRA SG. HRA was one of last producers of the M1. If you order a SA, you might get a WWII rebuild and they don't even take orders for WRA and IHC.
The last M1 we recieved was a WRA SG #139,xxx (been waiting since Feb 04), a pre Pearl Harbor reciever, but a late WWII rebuild. Next week we are getting our IHC SG.
Our first M1 was a HRA RG, tagged "bore". After an hour of scrubbing the bore cleaned up really nice and it is a good shooter. The rifle looks good too. It is mostly original except for the trigger group.
VAR barrels are still out there for sale, I see them on the auction sites from time to time. We have one SA Dane that came with a Var barrel that was worn out. I had it replaced with a Var barrel we found on Ebay. The barrel cost us $60, plus another $60 to have it installed.
It is very accurate, but not very pretty.
Get the HRA SG, I think it is your best bet if you are looking for a shooter that still has a good finish on it.
Renee