Then perhaps youd want to do something about the sprites for the next version?
I think seperating shops in those grades would be more trouble than just coding some advanced display configuration settings. Let the user himself decide whether or not he wants to view low level weapons, etc.
GM shop, now there's an idea. Though Im sure some of your members would complain that your GMs have uber powerful weapons
Adding an usergroup as GameMaster, that's a brilliant idea. Its so simple yet so useful. Im bloody putting you on the credits list just for suggesting that

Ok added you to the manual with a link to your site from the above post