To add to this, there's a family connection between the two businesses, and so, to not have one business cut the the throat of the other, the agreement was that NSS would not sell in those states.
Chattanooga Shooting Supply only sells to people with a sales tax certificate for business. Natchez will sell straight to the public. I can understand not competing with each other but it looks as though they are definitely hurting themselves by doing this. Midsouth and used to be Wideners I'm sure liked this agreement. Both of them are in TN where I live.