Agtman,
Got one of those too. I bought it back in the days when the CMP still had plenty of Carbines, 03s and Garands. Foolishly, I thought the Garands would run out first, so I bought one of them, thinking I'd have time later to get the others. Dumb move on my part.
I do love taking it to the range and plopping down beside some unsuspecting AR shooters and cranking off 8 rounds of '06. It definitely gets everybody's attention.
Kraig,
I'm excited to get it slung up and do some real shooting. At best I generally hold two minutes out to middle distances, so the rifle isn't going to handicap me much, if any. Very occasionally they'll have a Springfield or Garand match either in Abilene or Midland, and I'd love to shoot it in those one of these days.