if anything of it would be artificial - no one would be selling 9mm steel case garbage on gunbroker at $1pr. yet it gets posted and it gets sold, despite any common sense.I get that the popular calibers are consistently out of stock but I think so of this shortage is artificial. Way too many of the less popular and odd ball stuff is out of stock all the time. I'd like to meet the person that is buying up all the 45-70 just to see their stash. I don't think that has been in stock since this entire panic has begun. Maybe they will sell me a box or two It just baffles me with some of these calibers.
i made a major mistake and did not stock up while it was plenty of it at $.45pr as i though it would not get higher. stocked up on .223 but did not get 9mm. now 9mm price went up to a stratosphere - it is not artificial, it is just a mass hysteria effect.
and a good quality 6.5CM is at $3pr+, i think i saw one 200rounds pack sold for $980.