When the .223 panic hit in '06 I bought a couple cases of 55 gr ball at about 24 cents per round, which I though was highway robbery at the time... I'd been paying about 15 cents previously.
I called Black Hills and was told their backorder wait time was going to be 14-16 months, and that was for a preferred customer/agency purchase. Turned out the delay was only about 4 months. Doom and gloom predictions tend to be common during these panic-buying episodes.
