My neighbor went to a large gunshow this weekend, he just got back home and had to come over and show his newest purchase, a DPMS AR15 stripped lower(it is his first AR). He paid a significant sum, 400$, that is actually close to a 500% markup in 2 weeks time. He asked if I had the rest of the bits to build the rifle, I said I didnt have all of what he needed. I showed him several sites(midway and brownells) and what their inventory is like, then I showed him how much that lower was going for without the markup and he just about had a shyt fit! I also showed him several shops that build complete rifles and most were well over a year out on builds and some are not taking new orders.
He said most built rifles were selling in the 2500-4000$ range, barebones basic bushmaster M4gerys were going for 2500$
It almost made me want to slap together something to sell from my spares and make a nice profit.