Looks like a gun designed by a schizophrenic. Heavy barrel with fluting to cut down weight a bit. Heavy laminated stock with holes cut in it to lower the weight a bit. I'll be the firat to admit that I'm biased against fluted barrels though.

Put that stock with a little less cut out of the stock on a rifle with a sporter weight barrel, and they might have something that makes a bit of sense- Strength and consistancy of a laminated stock with less weight.