Dave,
That recipe I put up was to specifically emulate the factory satin finish.

And I as much as I don't like change, I'm prolly gonna to take Mike's suggestion on the Waterlox. In Mike's excellent how-to he explained the tedious process I go through as unnecessary if using Waterlox (middle coats of XYZ, topcoats of ZX, Pumice, topcoat YZ, blah, blah). The finish he's getting is what I generally want and get, but it the Waterlox method is much more direct route.
And though touching up guns hasn't been a hassle, I like the idea of no different layers in the finish.