I was at a walmart last week getting my oddball items- hey, where else can you buy dog food, a bore brush, shampoo and laundry detergent at 10pm? They had a couple bushmaster ar's on the shelf for $970ish. Some ammo- the usual rifle hunting rounds, a couple boxes of 44 mag, some 30-30, 5-10 boxes of each 380, 9mm and 45acp hydrashoks, some speer 40 defensive etc etc. I begrudgingly purchased my first box of factory ammo in over a year, figured I needed some 45 defensive ammo as the 1911 became the new bedside gun. $25 for 20 rounds? Ouch! I went to my LGS today and their powder shelf was about 3/4 normal capacity, just out of the most popular rifle powders but you could make do with what they have. A few flavors of cci and winchester primers for their normal price of $34/k, cci #41 primers for $40. I used to not support them because the owner was a grumpy old man, but dang, props to them as they are the only store that hasnt raised their prices a bit. Now I have enough powder for the next year. Tomorrow Im on the hunt for cheap scrap lead!