cough....semi-automatic sporting rifles....cough.
That's cool. Good job on letting somebody throw a few down range, especially if it's an old timer who may have fired the garand a long time ago under much different circumstances.
My philosophy is that if you let someone that doesn't own one, or thinks they're "icky" shoot it, maybe they will realize that these aren't the monsters of death and destruction that stinking guttless libs say they are.
Good job! Cheers.