I am a rifle snob. I wouldn't hesitate to hunt with one if I had to, but why would you if Howa, Weatherby, & Savage all make guns that look and shoot better. I know people who have hunted with the 770's predecessor, the 710, for more than ten years now. They like theirs and see no reason to take a prettier rifle out. Not me though.
That being said, I hunt with an ugly old Remington 788 with a plastic Ramline stock. I guess rifle snob isn't the right word. Particular maybe.