: the stock of a firearm in the rear of the breech mechanism
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Recent Examples on the WebEarlier this month, a former 911 dispatcher named Yunis Isaac Mejia was sentenced to 21 months in jail for having attached a buttstock to a pistol. Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 19 July 2022 Recoil will be softened thanks to a padded cheekpiece and buttstock. Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 21 Jan. 2021 The brace essentially replaces a buttstock, which sits at the end of most long guns, like rifles, to help absorb recoil. Christal Hayes, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2021 The stock is two pieces with separate forend and buttstock. Bryce M. Towsley, Outdoor Life, 9 Dec. 2020 The buttstock of inertia guns must be firmly placed against your shoulder (the action needs that backstop to operate properly). Chris Mudgett, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2020 Other available accessories are bag riders for the stock, a barricade block, and a folding monopod for the buttstock. John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 14 Sep. 2020 When birds flushed ahead of them, the shotguns would come up and quick as the buttstock touched their shoulder, shots rang out, and birds dropped. Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2020 There is a recoil reducer in the buttstock, taking more of the sting out of stout recoiling buckshot loads. Joseph Albanese, Field & Stream, 24 Apr. 2020 See More