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Letfly, I have used it in that capacity. It will definitely seal the wood very well. No question about that. It does harden the wood somewhat. Make up a few test blocks from scrap wood and hammer on them or test them yourself. It doesn't do much of anything really for bedding purposes. If you want to help the wood absorb recoil, for instance, then epoxy used as bedding spreads the force of impact out much more evenly and that doesn't make the wood so much stronger as it does just makes all of the wood share the load vs, having just the minute high spots carry the load. If your inletting is perfect, then the gain from epoxy bedding would be minimal and related mostly to preventing oil/moisture accumulation. But no inletting is truly that perfect or likely to stay perfect.

I like CA much better than an oil based wood finish for sealing the interior. I don't do it all the time, but I have used it for that purpose and it has done the job admirably and continues to do so.