Not higher than a year ago?
100% higher for the most common stuff.
And there’s no such thing as “gouging”.
Your local Walmart doubled prices on ammo?
Funny, I bought two boxes of 12 ga. 6 shot for $4.96 each. That about the same price I paid for shotgun shell over 20 years ago.
The empty shelf has the same label, $19.96 for the bulk box of 9mm I always get. Same label, same shelf, same location as always - just a perpetually empty shelf. The good man at the Sporting Goods counter says they have a limit of 100 rnds of ammo per customer, per day. As things are, they are getting ammo in 3x a week, but it’s sold out within hours. I’ve just been unfortunate in that when I’m there, the 9mm is gone.
I do, however have a nice collection of .22 and 12 ga. shells to chose from. A singular small hole for varmits and a large grouping of small holes for personal defence.