We have a brand of shooter that comes out on the weekend. I call them the Tactical Tommies. Tactical Tommy wears all the latest 5.11 gear, chest pouch/plate carrier, (at the range), and has a heavily customized AR-15 with every geegaw known to man hanging off from the poor rifle. Tactical Tommy is usually accompanied by at least two like minded fellows, sometimes four or five, along with at least one to two giggly girls with pink hearing protection who never touch a firearm and shriek a little bit in mock horror at muzzle blast. Tactical Tommy then sets up his blaster, complete with 50 power scope, and lays down on his custom shooting mat, pops out the bi pod, takes a careful prone shooting position and proceeds to pepper the heck out of a target placed a dizzying 50 yards away.
The above is slightly tongue in cheek - I don't care how you dress or what you shoot, as long as you are being safe and having fun, and getting non shooters into the game is a major plus.
But sometimes the bubble has to be poked a bit.
Last time I was at the firing line with my BREN 805 and a 100 year old Spanish Mauser Guardia Civil in .308. I had a 3/4 steel IDPA target mounted at 200 yards.
Tactical Tommy was blasting away with his AR at his steel target, which was, being fair, at least 100 yards away. He hit it several times per magazine, too. Fair is fair. I took a standing position and with the Mauser, (not the BREN, that would be cheating), and with iron sights and cast bullet handloads I popped my steel at 200 yards five for five, then did it again. One shooter looked at me and complimented the rifle, (it was the rifle, of course, not me), while Tactical Tommy stood, mouth hanging slightly open. I didn't want to tell him that according to a rifleman's perspective what I did, if it were 100 years ago, would have been considered unremarkable save only if I had MISSED...then I might have caught a razzing. I still know that compared to REAL riflemen, I come in a far distant third or fourth.
That same day I did invite two of the Tommies to try out the BREN, which they took me up on, and found that it was smoother than their ARs. It ain't the price tag on the toys, it's what you do with them, and what your purpose is. If you are just going out to make noise, have a great time but please choose a different range...unless you'll let me have your brass.