>>64137333
The 540 is a fine rifle that only suffered from a few lemons in the more recent import, the older examples are fine. The T81 has similar issues with select lemons but if you bought an LMG or the 81M, its literally the best version of it you could get and best overall for a x39 slinger.

The Garand is a heavy kludge reminiscent of a bolt-action conversion from the 1910s, and instead of having an empty en bloc drop freely out below the rifle (like literally every other en bloc rifle does) it has to have retarded clockwork mousetrap innards to make it jump out the top of the open action; this gimmick gets boomers and redditard sñoyboys harder than viagra.

The 540s and T81 cost less to acquire, and cost less to shoot than a Garand, and are less retarded to carry in any future boog/SHTF scenario.
The best semiauto on the market *right now* for its price is still the SKS since corrosive ammo can still be had in quantity for cheap, and it can still be ""modernized"" and made lighter with a polymer stock or even made capable of taking (proper) detachable magazines, while still being fed from lightweight loaded stripper clips and not boomer scalped en blocs required to make it function

Tl;dr you dont own a garand so quit dickriding it to cangenners who own real guns and dont need one