Too heavy unless your hunting from a stand. They were a bitch to carry but a joy to shoot.
I don't think so. Real men carried them across europe. A little hunting trip wouldn't have slowed them down one bit
I expect that any real man who had carried one across Europe would jump at the chance to carry something else when hunting. There's a world of difference between carrying a bolt action at 7 1/2 pounds and a Garand at 10 pounds, especially once Uncle Sam stops saying that you have to.
Besides, the Garand was too difficult to scope and there weren't that many available in the Fifties and Sixties.
