I banged the anti-S&W drum for a long time.
A guy I knew locally was a lawyer for the company representing S&W here in DC.
S&W's management blindsided the lawyers when they signed onto the agreement against their very strong advice.
S&W signed onto the agreement, in part, because they were offered a carrot to become the primary firearms supplier to a bunch of Federal agencies -- basically no bid contracts worth millions. Only they found out months later than that promise wasn't binding on the government, but the agreement was binding on S&W.
And by that time they were deep in the throes of the boycott and losing money hand over fist. That's when Thompkins finally decided to pull the pin and sell the company at a huge loss. Not a huge deal for them, though, because they had the "quality" of their Murray lawn care products division to fall back on (Murray's quality sucked then, and sucks now, by the way, never buy a Murray just because they're crap).
Worked out fine for the lawyer I knew, though. He went on to bigger and better things, and a few years ago was appointed to the Federal appeals court by President Trump.