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Similar here, but I think I was a bit later than you. Right after Trump won in 2016 the bottom fell out as manufacturers had been producing with the expectation of high demand on that Hillary guaranteed win. PSA was dumping Lake City XM-193 @ $280/1000 shipped and I was finding deals on CCI Brass 9mm in plastic cans between @$99 to $119 at Sportsmans. Took advantage on other deals on 7.62 and 22LR as well.How so, I'm not tracking your train of thought here, exactly how do "hoarders" effect price and availability when they did their deeds long before the shortages and prices went up!
I got most of my 5.56 back when it was available by the pallet, @.32 cents per round, 10mm auto @.45 cents per, and 7.62x51 around .50 cents per! The spendy one was .30/06 @.85 cents per! Again, all available by the pallet and no limits other then if your 1 ton truck could actually carry it all in one trip!
I posted several times through the spring and summer of 2017 that it was time to go long and that it wouldn't last hoping I was wrong. I don't see what I did as hoarding, as each round had a specific purpose. If I and others hadn't bought then it would have made no difference to the price today.