Hhhmmmmm. I see there is some discussion of the recent spike in firearms prices , I just spent a weekend touring every gun store in the immediate radius for about 75 miles from me , may have missed a couple but we went to 10 or 11.
Now admittedly that's a small sample , but based upon that observation it's Semi auto pistols and the "military" ( for lack of a better label) platform centerfire rifles that have gone up the most radically. And many of these place had a large stock of good used bolt action rifles and sporting shotguns.
ANd I got lucky , I made it through the weekend and only bought one , a very cherry late 70's Model 70 in 7mm mag with a Leopold Vari-x II that looks like it's had maybe a box through it ( the guy had 80 guns how much can it have been shot?) , some sweet trigger mods too. A couple of very minor dings in the stock but at least it's the walnut Monte Carlo so it's workable with. For 375$ I consider it to be an investment. Now after it gets a 27 inch stainless Shilen bull barrell ( fluted) and a Bell and Carlsen or Mcmillan stock it might not be.
Now ammunition on the other hand , stopped by a Wally World , they had three , that's right 3 boxes of ammo left , three lonely boxes of 7mm-08. It's a lot better at the actual gun shops as far as the more non mainstream ammo but prices are waaayyy up.
In pistols of course it's most all of them but 9mm ,.40, .45 acp lead the pack , the magnums aren't far behind and it seems the cowboy action folks are buying up all the .45 colt and .44 special , rifle of course it's .308 and .223 with the most severe shortage along with .22lr and 7.62 x 39, , then .30-06 , I didn't have any trouble finding a couple of boxes of factory ammo the run through the aforementioned Model 70 when I get it to the range.
No shortage whatsoever in things like .375 ultra mag and the more offbeat calibers , they even had the brass I needed for .257 roberts. And I'll likely go back and buy the used .375 ultra ,toying with the idea of it as a shorter range 250 yard and under larger game gun , quite likely with a good set of open sights since it would be geared towards bear country , for 549$ that was a good deal , there seems to be a lot of bargains in bolt guns if you get away from .308 and .30-06.
Some shortage in components , same factors as in the above and powder has gone through the roof , I'll just get it as usual from Midway , none of the stores seem to be carrying anything but a lb can.