StatTrak™ SG 553 | Ol' Rusty (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Battle-Scarred pushes the weathered idea to its limit, with bare metal showing across raised parts of the handguard, magazine and stock. The copper and teal colours survive mostly in recessed areas, giving a patchy, heavily aged look. For a skin named after rust, this grade can feel more in character than out of place.

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: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Well-Worn. The same quality also exists as the Souvenir version.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The handguard with its long rail sections, the barrel, the scope and the stock are finished in a warm copper-orange tone that imitates rusted steel. The receiver is dark teal and blue-grey, broken up by red-orange rust blotches, and the nickname Ol' Rusty is stamped above the trigger housing.

Large areas of bare metal cover the raised parts of the handguard, magazine, stock and receiver, and the stamp may be partly worn. Colour remains mostly in recesses and on less exposed surfaces. In game the rifle looks heavily weathered, which matches the rusty theme, though the clean two-tone contrast is largely gone.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.7

The float of StatTrak™ SG 553 | Ol' Rusty ranges from 0 to 0.7; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–0.7 — 36% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

StatTrak™ SG 553 | Ol' Rusty belongs to The Fracture Collection, which holds 17 skins.

It drops from Fracture Case.

Price by quality

Among 9 skins of the SG 553 in the Mil-Spec Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 8th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ version

This is the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon shows confirmed kills. There is also the regular version without the counter. Right now the StatTrak™ version is 33% dearer than the regular one.

Stickers and crafts

Stickers in copper, orange, teal or muted blue echo the skin's two-tone scheme, while gold and holographic finishes stand out against the rust. Placements on the receiver and the magazine sit on the cooler teal and blue areas, giving warm-coloured stickers more contrast.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since copies near the cleaner end of a grade keep noticeably more colour on the rails.
• Look at the rail ridges, muzzle and magazine edges, as these show wear first.
• Make sure the Ol' Rusty stamp above the trigger housing is readable if that detail matters to you.
• Review applied stickers and any name tag, because they change the look and are not removed for free.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Players who want the cheapest way into this skin.
• Fans of heavily aged finishes who see the extra wear as part of the rust theme.
• Pick it for character and price, not for clean contrast.