This is an official out yourself thread, right? Everyone who says "price gouging" has self selected as a communist price control advocate and is asking for a one way ticket to Venezuela? Serious, WTF? Feel free to be clueless, but doing it in public makes you stupid and clueless.
There is no price gouging. That is like saying there are ghost guns, high capacity weapons and assault weapons. You are using the language of the people trying to take your freedom and rights away from you. There is capitalism where a good business balances selling for what the market will accept and also the long term impact of their selling price.
Dont like it, dont buy. Really dont like it, dont go back again.
Also, thinking you know WHO is causing ammo prices to go up is doubly ignorant. Places like Cabelas buy from one place, their national distributor. They get ammo from distribution who gets it from the supplier just like when times are normal. The prices have gone up as much as 50% in this supply path. It is hard to get product this way because EVERYONE wants the product.
Your LGS if they are doing their job and trying to keep product available for their customers is buying from distribution but also buying from non-traditional locations. Distribution may get them NOTHING if they are small enough because it gets prioritized to larger volume customers. If distribution is supplying, it might be measured in boxes, not cases. So the LGS is buying on gun broker and at retail from other gun shops (like TSUSA) to insure they have product on the shelf. Even Target Sports is over $0.50/rd for 9mm and over $0.80/rd for 556 right now. It takes a LOT of work to keep ammo on the shelves right now.
Smart customers appreciate that product is available. Communists complain about price gouging.
Please continue to self out yourself. Not just AOC can make lists...