Garands are as good as gold! No joke!!
Get one from the CMP while you can. The supply has dried up except through the CMP. I belong to a CMP club and filled out all the paperwork, and bought a number of Garands when they were $350, $450, and one at $600. They ain't getting cheaper.
Just this Christmas a friend of mine was bemoaning the fact he wanted a Garand but could not afford one. I reminded him of when I used to bug him to get a CMP Garand for $350. And now they are much more.
Even if you don’t like the accuracy, the weight, or the recoil, you will be able to sell the thing for what you have in it, the day after you get it. Keep it a few years, and you will make money.
In so far what people have said is true. Commercial ammo, with the exception of Hornady ‘s Garand ammo,
http://www.hornady.com/story.php?s=775 is too hot for the operating system of a Garand. Commercial stuff will beat up the rifle.
An issue Garand with a good barrel should shoot within 3.5” at 100 yards. Sometimes better. That is not “target” accuracy but it is good enough. If you sink $1000 into the rifle you can make it in to a MOA capable rifle, but a military collector won’t want the rifle.