Where Mercy buy's "a little at a time", I find bulk sales which greatly increases my savings over time. I have been around long enough to see what he was saying about prices being higher and quite disproportionate to inflation as well. It's been said by many that Obummer was absolutely the BEST guns and ammo salesman ever in the history of guns and ammo sales!!! I agree whole heartedly with that statement. Hopefully these "runs" on ammo and reloading components will slow down some and the prices may actually come down a little. They are getting quite out of hand.