I like the occasional John C. Garand matches ... I 'fit in' instead of feeling like Julius Caesar in a Buck Rogers world.
I need to get a Garand. I have a very low number 03A3 that looks unissued and I shoot it a couple times a year but a mongrel Garand would be sweet....
A couple of years ago I fired an SR-25 that was made to resemble the Mk-11Mod0. It was interesting.
Much easier to shoot sub-MOA than an M14 but very intolerant of dirt.