Souvenir SG 553 | Barricade (Factory New)

Skin overview

SG 553 | Barricade covers the rifle in a stencilled isometric labyrinth of thin grey-green lines on a dark slate base. In Factory New the maze lines stay crisp and unbroken from handguard to stock, so the geometric rhythm reads clearly up close. It is a quiet, low-contrast finish that looks deliberate rather than flashy.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

Spray-Paint: paint sprayed over the metal; scratches and scuffs appear early but look natural.

Other qualities of this skin: Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Well-Worn.

Appearance in Factory New

The finish wraps the handguard, receiver, magazine, pistol grip and stock in a dense isometric maze of thin grey-green lines over a dark slate base. On the long handguard and receiver the labyrinth runs in angled, interlocking bands, while the magazine and grip carry tighter fragments of the same pattern.

The maze stencil is complete on every painted part, with sharp line edges and no visible paint loss. Edges of the magazine, handguard and stock are still fully covered. In game the rifle shows an even, dark geometric texture. Everything looks clean.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The whole float range of Souvenir SG 553 | Barricade is 0–0.65; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (11% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir SG 553 | Barricade belongs to The Norse Collection, which holds 18 skins. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

What it costs in each quality

Taking Factory New as the baseline, Battle-Scarred — 4.2× cheaper. The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

Among 7 skins of the SG 553 in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin is the dearest.

Souvenir version

This is the Souvenir version: such copies dropped to tournament viewers in souvenir packages; the team stickers and signatures on them cannot be removed or chosen. Souvenir items never carry StatTrak™. There is also the regular version without tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Muted greens, greys, black or holo stickers with cool tones match the dark maze without breaking its geometry. A single bright accent, such as a white or teal sticker on the receiver, stands out well against the low-contrast pattern. Keep busy multicolour stickers to a minimum so the labyrinth stays readable.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since the edges of the handguard and magazine show the difference first.
• Look at the scope housing and stock rear in the inspect view, as these parts reveal wear that the dense pattern hides elsewhere.
• Souvenir copies come with their own stickers, so check whether they suit the grey-green maze before buying.
• Note any stickers or name tag on regular copies, because they change how the low-contrast finish looks.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the maze stencil in its sharpest form.
• Sticker crafters who need a clean, even base for their placements.
• The cleanest version of a quiet, geometric finish.