The Garand Collectors Association ([url]www.garandcollector.org/[/url])is a cheap way to meet the club requirement. As I remember it, it's $20 per year, and you get a nice newsletter.
dissipator556, good luck with the shooting requirements. My nephew has been trying to get a Garand out of the CMP for about 6 months so far. He has met all of the requirements, but they still won't recognize that he has met them. In their own form it states, "A letter from a CMP-affiliated organization official confirming that you have fired at least 50 shots in an instructional clinic or annual record fire within the past 5 years." He fired 100 rounds in a CCW class taught by an NRA certified instructor, but they wouldn't accept that. Also, he tried to get them to accept a scoring card for 50 rounds fired in a NRA pistol match he found while out of town (he happened to be at the range while it was going-on). Again, no luck. I talked him into wanting an M1, so I feel a little guilty about making him so frustrated over this. Watching Band of Brothers each week with him hasn't made things any better.z