Blacktailer;
Good afternoon to you sir, I trust this finds you doing well on the last Friday in August.

Obviously I'm not Sitka deer, but I will say that based upon some his advice I've done at least three stocks now with a base layer of slow cure epoxy - G2 in this case - followed by successive layers of Tru Oil.

This stock was done for the watch Sargent of a good friend - the maple spacers and rosewood tip and grip cap were his specific instructions.
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Sometimes actually I've found that G2 will work a bit like shellac in that it will seal an oily wood like such as some exotics tend to be and allow a nice even finish done with oil after.

Anyway that's been my experience with using that method. Hopefully it was useful information for you or someone out there.

Good luck on your stocking projects whichever way you decide and on your hunts this fall too.

Dwayne

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