I have an article from the NRA that was published in the late 50s that recommends a coat of spar varnish as a pour filler and G96 Linspeed as the finish. I've been meaning to try the spar varnish for filling the pours for some time now so it's been interesting reading gnoahhh's instructions. My next stock may go that way but topped off with the 50/50 spar/tung formula.

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