Are m-1 garands good rifles?

so im turning 18 in about a month and im lookin forward to being able to flex my 2nd amendment and think im might go with an m-1. seems like the perfect piece of equipment i heard theyre pretty cheap and seems like a good all purpose rifle to me with a nice medium sized round aside from the fact you have to empty all your rounds before reloading and that 30-06 rounds are kinda on the expensive side, wats your word on these rifles? and if u could lemme know how much one usually costs thatd be cool