laminate,,,well, let's just see how that holds up to the temperatures..jury's out in my book. Irrespective, well thought of rifle, obviously nothing a good old military mauser 98 wouldn't have done...interestingly I think the designers tried to take some ideas of well and truly tested field rifles and build into a well rounded modern solution. for example, the protected rear peep sight from the AR, the piccy rail for scopes or red dot or flashlights, the protected front sight which is a bit like that of a persian mauser front sight, etc.
Personally, it looks pretty decent, but there's no controlled round feed and the mags are pretty small. I would have loved to have seen a similar concept on an M98 action, and I think the rangers would have enjoyed that too, perhaps with AICS mags in CDI precision bottom metal and a good synthetic stock.
I would also have put a small piccy rail by the front sling stud for a lower mounted LED torch in case of night work.