Did I miss something!?

[Brian Dick]

Supply and demand. I don't think ammo has anything to do with it. To think of all the bitching about prices I heard when I had beautiful No.4's available in bulk for $350 or so! I don't hear those guys bitching now! Folks are shelling out $500 for Ethiopian rifles, both SMLE and No.4, and then investing in rebarreling because they ALL have sewer pipe grade bores. I haven't seen a matching bolt yet in those either. Times have changed.

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[amadeus76]

I'm sure supply and demand does play a part but the wild jump in prices seems odd... It was only a few months ago that I'd noticed prices on some milsurp rifles, including Lee Enfield's, coming down, so to see a wild jump on the back of that makes the price increase all the more noticeable. I'm not complaining about the prices since I'm not in the market, I just find the jump a bit surprising.

[GeeRam]

Supply and demand. I don't think ammo has anything to do with it.

Yep.
Prices here in the UK have been going only one way for years, and its not down. And we've not had access to cheap surplus ammo here in the UK for over 40 years, so I agree, its got nothing to do with ammo prices.
Factory commercial .303 ammo (PPU and S&B) ammo prices here in the UK have increased by 20% in the past 6-7 months alone due to Covid issues.