There has been no 223 or 9 mm in the stores for several months. Our local BiMart gets maybe 2 dozen bulk boxes of 22 ammo in a week, no auto load rounds at all. If the government isn't buying it then someone else is because it is not showing up at retail.
I’m talking about the copper-jacketed projectile portion of a complete cartridge. Complete ammo is rarer than hen’s teeth. Ammunition components are now just as hard to find.
They just got a really good deal and you know the gubmint is all about saving money.