M1 Garand was good for its day but had three serious flaws.
1. You can't top up the clip after you shoot rounds out of it.
2. You must empty the clip of all eight rounds and eject the clip before you can reload.
3. When you fire the last round, the loud "PLING" noise the clip makes announces to the whole world that you're out of ammo!
This is not a video game...
1. While not as easy as removing a magazine and topping it off, you can pull back the operating rod(hold it with the bottom edge of your right hand and grip the weapon with that hand, holding it in place) and insert rounds into the magazine. Not too difficult with a little practice.
2. Umm... Pull back the operating rod and press a button. Out comes the clip and your remaining rounds. Not hard.
3. As stated earlier in this thread, this can be used to your advantage. Either by having friends with full clips loaded or by throwing an empty clip at a rock.
For a no-shi@ Zombie Apocalypse gun it would be a toss up between the M1 and AK-47
Absolutely agree. It would depend on if they're undead (Ak-47 for headshots) or infected (M1 for stopping power). Don't forget the shotgun for close range.
Edit: Concerning the video game comment, I don't blame developers for introducing these flaws. They need to take advantage of everything they can in order to balance it with the inferior Mauser. But unfortunately, they have become common misconceptions about the real thing.