My Springfield NM Garand and Austrian StG 58 FN FAL are the finest fighting rifles I own. I’ll go to the next American Civil War with either of them. The Garand shoots way better than I can.
Great choice for the daytime. I've added a Holbrook Device to my Garand to keep it from throwing away perfectly good clips, and I'm working on an article for Survival Blog on bringing Mr. Garand's gift to riflemen into the XXI Century.
However, it is nice to also have something that can use ammo you can get from friendlies if there are any, or from hostiles who don't need such things any more if there aren't, especially after the sun goes down, and the Garand's muzzle flash shouts *shoot grenades here.*