Not just Savages either. 1903 Springfields are behaving similarly. Colt revolvers (non-Snake models) conversely are still fairly priced. I just bought a dandy pre-war Colt Officer's Model .38 for $400+change.
It's the new norm, fellas. Inflation is rearing its ugly head, spurred on by recklessness on the part of the gov't, gougers, and panicky fear mongers. Even if things get back to "normal" I bet we're going to see prices permanently higher than before.
My advice if/when things return to normal: buy all the primers you can afford, and then a lot more. Take up bullet casting and lay in the powders to shoot them. Even though lead can be scrounged most anywhere for a little bit of nothing, and the pinches of faster burning powder per charge makes a pound of powder go a looong way, it's still the primer that's the common denominator.
