Sir, I'd bet many (most?) of today's soldiers and Marines will remember the '16 fondly. Locally, I see lots of young vets buying ARs. To them, a Garandicon might as well be a flintlock musket--an interesting relic of bygone days, but not something they'd chose to fight with.

JMHO, FWIW.

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.