one thing that is going on, that is driving prices upward, is folks are selling their 'stash't to local gun shops. I have personally seen it happen. In one case, 9mm was sold to the store for .75 a round. The store will sell it for over a dollar a round.
I saw a gun shop bidding and buying bulk ammo the other day. He was scarfing bulk ammo up.
I have no doubt he'll break open the cases and sell 20 round boxes much higher.
Really don't have a big problem with that, mostly because if he didn't have a market, he wouldn't be doing it.
You can't really impress on people that they need to stock up when prices are low, and ammo is flowing like a river...
You can say it over and over, and people just don't listen. History doesn't teach those type anything.
Those types that DON'T stock up are the same ones squealing like a pig under a gate when they are out or low on ammo.