Isolate whether it's the gun or the shooter. Shoot it from the bench, preferably a skilled shooter, if it dramatically improves then save your money and spend it on practice ammo. The garand is a heavy gun, and just based on my observations, there seems little emphasis placed on proper form and fundamentals in younger shooters (20-30). I saw an example of this recently, someone was telling a new shooter to keep their elbow down and tucked in. Sure, if you're clearing rooms with an AR, but bullseye shooting with a heavy rifle, No. Keep your elbow up and learn how to use a sling properly.I am in Western Mass a little above Springfield.
This won't be a match rifle, but I think he is a little disappointed from our first outing. He was all over an IPSC target from 50 yards, offhand.
Hopefully we'll get out later today. This time we will fire from a rest.