Setting aside any discusssion of price, there is an assertion that this rifle has a Match barrel installed. I see no evidence of this being a match barrel-none of the distinctive National Match markings or the unique drawing numbers for the later NM barrels.
What I do see is a nice clean unit with a standard barrel showing US importation stampings from the late 1980s/early 1990s timeframe. I also see a stock with a Red River Army Depot (RRAD) overhaul stamp.
I wouldn't pay any additional premium on account of the barrel. When prices do get elevated to this level for an overhauled, versus non-original configuration, rifle one should look for evidence of barrel erosion at muzzle and throat. A reading on the appropriate gauges or at least the "reversed M2ball bullet test" in the muzzle would be expected.
Some folks believe that installing various National Match components, incl front and rear sights, op rod, or gas cylinder will make a Garand much more accurate. Not true. It is how the rifle is put together with quality parts that determines accuracy.
