For the past year the only time I've bought "standard grade" .22 Long Rifle was when the brick price was $35 or less, and the only reason I paid that much was the panic wasn't fading a year after the election, thanks to so many people buying every box they found at any price. (Of course, I've paid for than that for target ammo, but still rarely pay much more than $60, the "gun show gouger" price for ordinary stuff.)
One thing I'm wondering is how many shooters who haven't seen .22 Long Rifle on store shelves have asked the people in the store if they have any. I know for a fact that some keep a supply in the back, so every panicker doesn't automatically grab it off the shelves whenever they find it out. As noted earlier, one local store has 10 cases of hollow-point ammo in back, but only for regular customers who haven't been grabbing everything they find out.
