The nice thing about birch on a rifle is that most of it isn't hurt by a coat of paint, and the stability is only improved by greater attempts at sealing it. The bad thing about birch is that most pieces tend to be quite unstable regardless of how much effort is made to seal them.
I haven't seen a better looking plastic stock than this. The only 'u' word that needs to be applied to plastic rifle stocks is "utilitarian'; it goes without saying that they are ugly. (Some people just add paint to improve the opportunity for added adjectives….like gaudy.)