It's the same here in central Minnesota. And IF the store had the ammo you need, you'd surely pay the price. About a month ago, I went into a very, very large sports store and they had no .40 cal., no 9 mm, and no .45 cal ammo. "In a few days, we expect a shipment and what we eventually get we don't know." As I heard, the greatest gun and ammo saleman in the U S is B O.