I wouldn't sweat the clip thing. I was having clip feeding problems and one of the members here, NuJudge, sent me a couple of dozen known good ones. Clips are no problem. The Danishicon guns shoot well, but are not GI. There are a few people that rebuilds Garands and guarantee them but you're going to pay more than 600. I bought a gun from The Garandguy and the gun had an elusive cycling problem. Tony fixed it though right away. Stu