This is kind of a “side” question (slightly off-topic):
How are gun prices these days ? Discounted ? List ? Premium over List ?
I would suggest finding private legal purchasing, many people are so bad off financially right now they are selling their guns. Pricewise for conventional sporting arms like a Winchester Model 70 is not any higher than normal, its any type of “black” gun that has gone up, there is months long waiting lists for the M14/M1A .308’s lately. I cannot say about handguns, its supply and demand in certain areas, here in Alaska we are not too concerned about small handguns or light caliber rifles so I see a lot of them not selling much.
I went to a local gun store last week and prices on the handguns they had in stock have not gone up. That’s just anecdotal though. I have heard that you can no longer buy AR-15’s for instance because they are sold out. I heard one manufacturer isn’t even taking orders because they have a one year backlog. All rumor and second hand info though.