That’s awesomeOuch on the ammo prices! When I got my Mdl 71 (348 Winchester) in the early 70s in the Western tier of NY, new ammo was in the $20+/box category.
At the time, NYS had gone mostly Shotgun only for Deer, so I scoured small hardware stores, etc. and found good amounts of it that had been on the shelf for years.
The typical line from the guy behind the counter was "I don't know what it is supposed to go for now, but it has been here so long I'll sell it to you for what is marked on the box".
I picked up a lot of it for under $10/box, often 3 or 4 boxes at a time.
I believe I mentioned the guy locally here that used to say he was going to sell me his 300 plus gun collection but never would. He had 348. As well as a .351 Winchester self loading (the model and caliber used to kill Bonnie and Clyde). I wish he had thrown me prices.