Souvenir SG 553 | Berry Gel Coat (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Battle-Scarred is the most affordable way to get the bronze-and-berry SG 553. Heavy wear strips paint from edges, ribs and the magazine, letting bare grey metal through, while the larger bronze surfaces and parts of the red remain recognisable. The result is a rough, weathered version of the same scheme rather than a different skin.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Well-Worn.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The receiver, magazine, grip and stock are covered in a metallic bronze with a slightly brushed, darker tint in recesses. The lower handguard is painted a bright berry red, and red also appears as a round emblem on the side of the receiver, small details around the trigger area, accents on the scope and the end of the stock.

Heavy wear covers the handguard, magazine, receiver edges and stock, with large patches of bare metal. The red is broken up on the handguard and the smaller red details are partly gone. Only the flatter bronze surfaces keep a fair amount of colour, giving a rough, weathered look in game.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–0.8

The whole float range of Souvenir SG 553 | Berry Gel Coat is 0–0.8; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.8 segment (44% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Graphic Design Collection with 16 skins in total. 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

Among 3 skins of the SG 553 in the Mil-Spec 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.

Which stickers suit it

Red, gold and bronze stickers echo the finish and keep the craft unified. Placing a red or gold sticker on the bronze receiver area balances the strong red block of the handguard. Dark or black stickers also sit well against the metallic bronze.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the float position within the wear range, since the red handguard shows scratches early.
• Check the handguard ribs and magazine edges in the inspect view, as these lose paint first.
• Make sure whether the copy is a regular or Souvenir version, because there is no StatTrak™ variant of this skin.
• Check applied stickers and any name tag so they match how you want the rifle to look.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Budget buyers looking for the cheapest entry to this skin.
• Fans of rough, weathered finishes.
• Conclusion: the low-cost way to carry Berry Gel Coat.