As long as there are enough idiots willing to pay twenty-five cents for a primer, or two dollars for a single round of loaded ammo, why would the prices ever come down?
Imagine being a manufacturer, who without investing in a new facility, or additional employees, or having to buy additional raw materials, makes two or five times as much money as previously?
These are glory days for ammo makers, and they have zero interest in seeing them end.
Seriously? Do you not realize that their costs have skyrocketed? When fuel has soared to where it is, EVERYTHING goes up; raw materials are up, labor costs have skyrocketed, inflation has devalued their buying power raising costs. Are they making money? Yep, called capitalism; but are they raping us? I do not think so. Anyone thinking they will see .01/.22lr or .10/9mm is kidding themselves.