Didn't say "impressed" with them, I said "understand" them. It's an entirely different social and economic structure they operate with in. Good or bad, like it or not. Alot more get into hunting later than we did. Alot of them never hunted with grandad and his old wood and blued rifle that held mystique like I did. Most never walked the aisles at a gun show marveling at all the rifles you'd only seen in G&A, and F&S.
No different than 50 years ago. Some people bought quality rifles and a [bleep] pile of people hunted with old Enfield .303 surplus guns and glenfield 30-30"s with Marlin scopes.
Cheap guns have always been around for the average Joe that hunted but wasn't necessarily a "hunter"
