And it's somehow your job to challenge other posters? Why can't you give others credit for having the intelligence to be able to winnow the wheat from the chaff themselves? Most gunsmiths realize that stock finishing has been a topic that there has never been agreement on since the caveman first refinished his club. Besides what does it matter if someone messes up refinishing his stock? No one will get hurt and a lesson learned by trial and error is one that is long remembered. Let it go and move on to more important topics, you have knowledge and experience and can make valuable contributions in the gunsmithing area if you'd do it in an unchallenging non-combative way. Don't make an adversarial challenge to gunsmithing methods in every post you read. Sorry, I don't recall meeting you.