Souvenir SG 553 | Berry Gel Coat (Factory New)

Skin overview

SG 553 | Berry Gel Coat pairs a metallic bronze body with deep berry-red accents, the boldest of them on the handguard. In Factory New the bronze keeps an even metallic sheen and the red parts stay saturated with sharp borders. This is the grade for buyers who want the two-tone finish exactly as designed.

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.

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

Appearance in Factory New

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.

The finish is clean on every part: bronze keeps a uniform sheen and the red areas have crisp borders. The handguard ribs, magazine edges and stock show no marks. In game the rifle reads as a bright two-tone piece with a strong red block in front of the view.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The whole float range of Souvenir SG 553 | Berry Gel Coat is 0–0.8; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (9% 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.

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

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 should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the bronze and red in their cleanest form.
• Sticker crafters who need an unmarked base.
• Conclusion: the pick for a pristine two-tone SG 553.