M1 Carbine replacement barrels

[painter777]

You have to wonder, why would anyone take a perfectly good barrel off of a carbine?

Neal,
No Dis-respect meant, but you may have missed part of what the OP I.H.1989 said:

I was thinking of getting a replacement barrel for my Quality Hardware M1 Carbine for when the time comes.

JimB, Thanks for naming the Herlo barrels. I believe that's what Bruce was referring to, but didn't call the barrel by makers name:

The replacements that were made for Viet Nam turned out to be faulty and were not approved for use by the US military.

I have 5 or 6 Carbines that I'll pick from to take to the range regularly. One, if not my most often shot carbine is a S'G' with Buffalo Arms Blue Sky Stamped Import Barrel with a muzzle that will just touch the brass case on a M2 round when used as a 'Poor Mans Muzzle Gage'. When first measured I thought it had been counter bored..... Nope, But @ 100yrds with my reloads, bench rested it will consistently hit a paper plate.... so go figure.
This S'G' / Buffalo Arms has the best trigger pull I've noticed on any of my shooters.
It has a Unmarked CAST Hammer. I paid $450 for this one, which is a 90% mixer except I believe the barrel is original to the S'G' receiver. It's nice to have one your not worried about scratching or denting, one you can have your friends lite up! And it sure beats $300 plus for just a barrel, that you hope will head space !

FWIW
Charlie-Painter777