Well, I guess I am in the middle on this. I don't like those rich snobs, who look down on you, if you're not dressed just right, or you don't drive the higher dollar cars, own the high dollar guns, etc. My newest car is an 02 Grand Cherokee, and my old pickup is an 83 F250 4x4, and bluejeans and boots are my standard uniform, but still have opinions, and dislikes.
I am not going to knock somebody for their choice in guns, but if they ask me about a certain gun, I will tell them what I think, and if I think it's boarder line junk, then I will say so. If someone likes a particular gun, then fine, but if they are buying a new one, I may try to stear then towards another model, for their consideration anyway.
And good shooting can often be done with cheap crappy guns, and a good man with with a piece of junk will often beat a lesser shooter, with a higher dollar gun, and shooters with cheap guns, usually love to gloat when they wax someone shooting a high dollar gun. And it's the same with motorcycles.
But you take a good shooter, shooting a junk gun, and give him a good gun, and quite often he will shoot even better, but for someone who can't shoot, then it doesn't matter very much. As good shooters progress, they usually want better guns.
My taste in guns, often runs towards the premium guns, when I can afford them, or shall I say middle of the road guns anyway. I will be honest, I don't have much use for a Mossburg, because they seem clunky to me, and I have witnessed lots of manfuctions with them, and I have seen Hi-points fail, too, and I don't like the way they feel in my hand, operate, so I will not consider them, for myself, now give me an 870, or an old Model 12, and I am a little happier, give me an 1100 or a Browning A5 and I am lot happier, give me a higher dollar side by side, and I am even happier, and that's what I want to use, because I love the way they handle, and work. Same with pistols, Sure a Rock Island 1911 will probably work and shoot, but it is not anywhere close to a fine tuned Wilson combat 1911, and that is what I want to use.
Generally, I have noticed that people that shoot a lot, usually generate to the better guns, but of course you will see people with money, that can't shoot, start with the better guns, because they can, and for that I don't blame them, but they don't need to be a snob about it.