I appreciate the replies, although not the shared facts that these are/were about $300-400 cheaper. You just don't see decent Garands around here for less than $800-1000. Even the rackers are marked up to the $650-700 range. My Dane was $1000 before I bought it for $850.
To answer some specific questions - the barrel is definitely "57" - even though the CMParticle on Danish
Garands suggests the VAR barrels were first made in the 1960s?
The bolt serials numbers supposedly never match because the bolts were either shipped or stored separately - here's mine - more of a stamp
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