I remember pre-Obama that you could buy 2 AKs for the price of a nice AR. It’s an upside down world in which we live.
Importation from Russia has been banned so prices were going to rise for AKs.
Everybody and his brother are making ARs now so prices were going to drop for ARs.
.22 LR has finally dropped below a nickel a round.
Supply has caught up with demand.