In all of my LGSs ammo is still scarce and expensive.
I'm not even looking for ammo anymore, at the moment. Don't need any, and certainly not paying these prices. Prices will only come back down to reality if people stop overpaying out of some manufactured sense of desperation, or whatever is driving the behavior.
Just general inflation will prevent that from happening. I was at Walmart today looking at Sardines and what use to cost $1 a can a few months ago is now $1.14, a 14% increase. Gas prices go from $2 a gallon to $2.80, 40% increase. The shampoo I like to use is now 50 to 100 cents more than what it was a year or two ago, a 10 to 20% increase. Ammo will be affected as well, if a box of 9mm cost you $12 a couple years ago, it will be close to $15 when it comes back close to normal. Primers, I expect a 20% price increase in those when things settle, so close to $50 for a brick.Local hardware store that sells guns and ammo had 9mm brass blazer for $20.99 + tax. Things may be easing up a bit. Speedo you are very optimistic and that is a good thing, I don't feel like we will ever see $10 or less for 9mm again. With the prices of materials going up I doubt anything less than $12-15 is realistic. I hope you are right and I am wrong!!