I entered the surplus market with my first gun purchase at age 18 in 2010, which was a M91/30 for $119.99 at a local FFL. The surplus market spiked seriously in terms of price as a result of the 2012-2013 frenzy. The surplus market has not since recovered and the guns have also not since depreciated. Add on top of that the embargoes with Russia, the WW1 Centenary, and the growth of C&R collecting matched by the lack of guns coming onto the market, and prices often have doubled. Specifically, Lee Enfields and Mosins.
For example, I bought a 1942 Australian No. 1 MkIII* right around the time of Newtown for like $350. That was a bit on the low end of the Enfield market but was pretty representative of what you could buy pre-Newtown. Russian Capture K98ks were around $300-400. Vz. 24s were like $150-200. M91/30s, around $100-150.
Now, a No. 1 MkIII* is like a $500-800 gun. M91/30 is around $200. Vz. 24 is going to start around $400. American guns don't seem to have went up that much but they've been hovering around $650-1000 since I was 18 in 2009-2010, except for M1 carbines. M1 carbines aren't available from the CMP any more as far as I know.
Low prices occur when there's low demand and high supply. With all the new gun owners, especially younger collectors who got into C&R guns because of Mosins and new gun owners post-Newtown, and with a much smaller supply of newly imported guns, I expect prices in the C&R market to either stay the same or keep going up. Where the deals are going to be is if anything's imported en masse or if a guy has to liquidate because he got laid off.
There's also the added uncertainty of the virus's effect on international trade and thus importation of guns and the upcoming election.