I guess I should say, I was previously spoiled. I got into guns in 2013 after the Newtown/Sandy Hook fallout was calming down. It was hard to find the G19 I bought as my first gun and I had to pay more for it, but within 6 months both guns and ammo were abundant and inexpensive, at least comparatively. It stayed that way for ~5 years, the majority of the time I've been shooting. When wanting something new, I researched what I wanted, then looked online between the many, many sites that had it in stock and bought it from the site offering it for the lowest cost (combined with a good site rep). I've been so used to that, I'm finding the current environment a great shock. I looked through a couple different search engines and over 2 dozens sites and a few local shops trying to find a specific model of rifle in a specific caliber, only to fail. I'm just not used to it being this way. The sad thing is realizing it's likely to get worse before it gets better...