Gabe,

If you run out and want a parcel of different offcuts to try out, I can post some up. I have access to some very high quality locally made CPLO, but posting from an island (sometimes air) might be a big old problem.

There was a fair bit of talk at one stage on the double gun forums about "slacum" and alkanet, some interesting reading in it and some reliable info in there.

A very, very good commercial gunstock finish maker is Trade Secret.........hard to get down under.