The work or craft of making, fitting, or shaping wooden gunstocks for firearms.
From gunstock + -ing gerund suffix. This occupational noun reflects the highly specialized nature of gunsmithing, where component-making became its own distinct trade.
Gunstocking required knowledge of wood grain, seasoning, and structural strength—gunstocker artisans were essentially biomechanical engineers who shaped wood to optimize how recoil forces distributed through a shooter's body.
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