Your source doesn't exist. If you can't prove it by sharing, then it doesn't count. Enjoy, but enjoy alone.
You know, there are differences in supply around the country. While people were saying that in certain places you couldn't get AR's or Glocks, GAT Guns in Dundee IL had them and had not moved their prices up.
I was talking to a gentleman down in Ottowa, IL this weekend at the Farm and Fleet and he said there was no .38 special anywhere to be found. But I have seen a decent amount of it at WalMarts up here in the Chicagoland area. Those WalMarts had no .44 magnum, though, but I picked up 10 boxes of it between the WalMart and Farm And Fleet in Ottowa.
These shortages are not evenly distributed. They are very odd. You have to look around your area and outside your area and check all the mail order companies too.
Glock 17/19/22/23/26/27's are still $499 (cash) at GAT Guns. There are decent deals out there if you know where to look.
Anyway, my point is that maybe he does have that source. It's possible that is all it goes for in his area and they guy doesnt't want to get involved with mail order.
There is no freaking 7.62x39 around here though, except for USA made brass stuff (expensive) or real low grade surplus corrosive stuff, going for way too much ($300 for a case) considering it is junk.