I've always wanted to fire one of those. So far All I've fired is a old Winchester rifle. I hear the M1 has a painful kick back.
Yes, I went to a military shoot a few years ago and of all the guns I fired sure enough there was a garand. Loading it is the worst because they said a lot of soldiers carrying this would get a bruised thumb because of the design of the "en bloc" clip. also, at that military shoot I shot an M1 Carbine, I'd prefer that over the garand.
And there was this fatass kid hogging the loving MP-40, loving starfish.