2008 was worse in terms of primers but there was still ammo hitting the shelves slowly, except for 380s... This one has been bad for powder, component bullets, and 22s.
In 2008 I had been prepping for a Democrat presidential election for two years and did not need to buy anything at inflated prices, with the exception of a few full capacity Glock 17 magazines that in retrospect I didn't really need, but didn't get raped too badly on, I only paid retail prices for used LE marked mags. I focused on revolvers, shotguns and single-stack gun magazines and had no problem finding them at good prices.
Within two years things had sort of subsided to normal. By 2010 you could find about anything you wanted. By 2011 prices were dropped to pre-Obama and everything was in stock and there were sale prices on stuff that had been unobtanium two years ago, and people were selling off stuff they had bought during the panics.
So far things are going according to my predictions. There is still a steady trickle of product hitting the shelves.
Things like AR mags and lowers are everywhere. I saw SIX Ruger Mini-14's still on the rack at my local gun store, they've been there for months, and the ARs are stacked up like cordwood. The pistol shelves, which used to be thick with traded in plastic high cap pistols, have some stock there but not as much.
I don't think I'd have a problem going out right NOW and getting what I want, with the exception of the CCW guns like G36s which are still hard to get.
And powder. Powder is still tight for popular types.
So far, this shortage has been MEH since I am not into ARs and took reasonable precautions in advance.