I haven't done any shooting in months, just keep adding to the ammo when the price & availability is good...Yep, certainly a factor. Currently my .44 reloads cost me a $1 a piece and the .45-70 is nearing $3 per round. Surely much worse if your shoot "factory." Considering, I still maintain there is an on-going agenda to price Americans out of owning and shooting firearms. Back when the ammo/gun "stock-piling" started under obama, I somewhat bought "stock-piling" as an excuse/cause of shortages. Now, not so much. There has been plenty of time for the market that truly wanted our business to react/respond. Not accepting the whole COVID thing as the primary reason at this point, either. There's more to it than that, gotta be.
crap storm coming imo, not going to waste ammo on punching holes in stuff when it might have to do me for a while if the prices go thru the roof...
when i die, someone will be set up nicely.