'Match Grade barrel' is basically a marketing term without any actual practical advantage over a, erm, 'standard' barrel.
So don't worry about it.
For the record, there IS such a thing as a 'National Match' barrel, which has actual specs that define it. Some 1911 makers selling guns with barrels marked 'Match Grade', sorta imply that their barrels conform to these standards... but that is impossible to determine, since the simplest, most basic feature of NM barrels, is that they were oversized in the lugs, needing to be fitted to the gun.
They also had a slightly larger OD at the section where they contact the bushing in battery. That's easy-enough to build in a barrel, though it means very little if the rest of the gun's fitting isn't up to standard.
Finally, while NM barrels (complete with very tight chambers) were nice for the bullseye matches they were built for, they were a bit too fussy with anything other than target ammo... so the modern innovation of marketing 'Match-everything' for a carry pistol, is a little bit silly, IMO.
In the car world, a roughly equivalent analogy would be for a police department to replace its cruisers with new cars, the main criterion being to stick with the engine maker that won last year's NASCAR...
Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold.
M. Setter
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