lol, I thought you were asking if ATOT was a gun, which one would it be? In which case I would have answered, a Super Soaker.
Probably ar15.com would be the closest. Plenty of armchair elitists there too. 😉 It is a good resource though if you ignore the bullshit.
m4carbine.net is better
I've found that a lot of people on gun forums are huge snobs. If you're not buying the absolute best, they don't even want to talk to you.
You mention a budget item or even tell them you're just plinking with it not fucking going to afghanistan, and if you don't buy top of the line, you're doing it wrong, no matter what.
Try a different forum then. There's a forum for almost every brand of popular gun.
With any product there are fanboys, but at least with gun forums there are less children and libtards.