The craft, trade, or process of manufacturing guns and firearms.
Compound of 'gun' (Middle Dutch 'gonne') and 'making' (Old English 'macian'). Emerged as a distinct profession during the 15th-16th centuries when firearms became widespread.
Gunmaking was so crucial to national power that governments kept the technology secret—countries that advanced in gunmaking went from conquered to conquerors within a generation, making it as strategically important as nuclear technology today.
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