The scope on your Garand looks like a really good installation. I'm curious however, do you have some means of raising your stock weld to accomodate the scope? It looks like it might be low enough to not necessitate any elevation in the comb. I'd really like to see other's innovative means of raising the cheek position on the stock. I have used new car wax applicator pads (sometimes in multiple layers of several pads) held on with elastic wrist bands found at sporting goods stores. This has worked well on several scoped rifles I have, including the M1Aicon with the ACOG scope. I used the pads and wrist supports to augment the the stock pads that came with the rifle to fine tune my alignment to the scope. Its been a satisfactory arrangement so far.
On another topic, I'm a purist on collectibles. I have a Ithica .45 in stock configuration that once belonged to a Lieutenant General (family member), former Surgeon General of the USAF. It's collector value far outweighs any other considerations due to it's pristine condition and history. However, I'll modify anything that I intend to shoot (if necessary, not often), primarily to enhance my ability to operate it more efficiently. I firmly believe that Garands and M1As were superbly engineered, and operator friendly. there have been improvements in accessories and optics that greatly add to the performance of the machinery we love to shoot with. I have only applied changes that do not alter the basic equipment and are reversible 100%. Stock equipment is often hard to beat! Garandiose