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Hunting rifle ammo if you use OTC ammo is a couple boxes likely. Not a case of each caliber.
You hit the nail on the head. There are lots of us on forums that brag about having the foresight to buy cases and cases of 9mm, 223 and 22 LR. In my 40 years of being a gun enthusiast I have never once heard of anyone buying more than a few boxes of 30-30 or other ammo for their hunting rifle. And the people I know that enjoy oddball cartridges reload.
When ammo is flying off the shelves at high prices it makes sense for manufacturers to produce cartridges people will buy by the case, not the box.
Once the price of 9mm gets down to the point it is more profitable to have production runs of 38 Special, 357, and 30-30 than keep cranking out 9mm and 223 as fast as they can they will.