Unfortunately, while the situation is very slowly improving, I doubt we see anything resembling a good market environment for 22LR buyers for at least another year or two...and that’s assuming no further panics. In the meantime, we’re going to have to put up with retailers limiting purchase orders to serve more customers (each with less product) and higher prices than any of us really want to pay.
I expect .22 prices to drop dramatically if a Republican is elected and takes the office of the Presidency in 2017.