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To the point the OP asked for The BEST Varmint AR15 in a 1,200 budget is a Compass Lake Engineering Varmint Rifle. You have your options of Bartlein, Krieger barrels, Carbine or Rifle buffer length receiver extensions, Barrel twist, Chamber, Contour Fluting, Gasport selection, trigger, handguard and stock.
I went to their site and found that $1200 will get me most everything but a lower and stock/grip. Do they have a complete rifle for $1200?
Yes CLE makes Complete Rifles and they make them really well. Do yourself a favour and call CLE tomorrow and Talk to Frank he will be happy to work something out for you. One thing I wouldn't compromise on is the Barrel, stick with Krieger 7.7 twist or Bartlein 7.7 Twist 5R or four Groove. If you have no intention of using 5.56 ammo get the CLE Match Chamber it will shoot Black Hills 77gr Remanufactured ammo at .5 MOA or Less.
I got mine off gunbroker for $1025 shipped. Here is the video I made showing the rifle shooting a live 6x5 target https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pT9fuaISRRY