Ammo prices are going up?

The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with record sales of firearms, has fueled a shortage of ammunition in the United States that's impacting law enforcement agencies, people seeking personal protection, recreational shooters and hunters - and could deny new gun owners the practice they need to handle their weapons safely. 

Manufacturers say they're producing as much ammunition as they can, but many gun store shelves are empty and prices keep rising.

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That's funny, because right before I saw this article I had just checked ammoseek.com to catch up on current prices.

5.56 is running right at 48 cents a round on the low end. I quit checking earlier this year when it was at 77 cents a round because there was no way in hell I was going to pay that, so I don't know just where it peaked before it started to come back down. 

It was at 27 cents a round before the election and all this covid bullshit started, so it's still got a ways to go.