I bought a number of high tech from brownells and built myself rifles with them.
Great 20 ounce stocks.

The "sand off the flashing, fill in the holes, then paint" process takes time.

Brownells stopped carrying them:
https://www.brownells.com/manufacturers/high+tech+specialties/index.htm

I started buying McMillan stocks that were already finished.

I did not mind paying extra for McMillan as much as I minded the sanding and filling the High Tech Specialties.

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