Originally Posted by
Art
My M1 is a Dane with a VAR barrel. Like yours its a Springfield with mostly Springfield parts and a BMP marked rear sight windage knob. i bought it through the mail from the CMP for a whopping $400.00 in 2002 before they charged a premium for the Danish barrels. My barrel actually measured under "0" on a gage when I got it and is now between "0" and "1" after about 2,000 rounds. The rifle was very tight in its USGI stock and is a superb shooter and will mostly hold the ten ring of an SR target shooting it off a bench over my range bag with M2 ball and will do that consistently with my handloads at 200 yards when I do my part. I shot some Garand matches with it and while I didn't win anything, I didn't embarrass myself either. I give my rifle some credit for that not embarrassing myself part.
If you haven't replaced the operating rod spring yet I would recommend it. Except for the Special Grade rifles most CMP guns' springs have seen a good bit of use.