SG 553 | Heavy Metal (Battle-Scarred)

The SG 553 | Heavy Metal (Battle-Scarred) is the most heavily worn version of this Mil-Spec rifle skin, still showing its black base with orange and yellow highlights under the damage. It's the cheapest way to own the finish.

Design

This finish, designed by de puiseau, pairs a black body with orange and yellow highlights and three stars painted on the rear of the butt stock for an industrial, hot-rod-adjacent look. It carries the flavor text "One of these studs is the Turbo button, I just can't remember which…", tying into that mechanical theme.

SG 553 | Heavy Metal (Battle-Scarred) Float and Wear

Heavy Metal's float spans the full 0 to 1.00 range, and Battle-Scarred sits at the very top of it — the most worn a copy of this finish can get. Expect heavy scuffing and noticeable fading across the black base and highlights, with the three stars still faintly visible. Because the range runs to the maximum, this grade reaches the roughest wear the game allows for any skin.

SG 553 | Heavy Metal Rarity

Rarity: Mil-Spec Grade, the blue tier and the most common grade on the standard rifle-skin ladder. That easy availability is what keeps this finish so cheap even at its worst condition.

SG 553 | Heavy Metal Case and Collection

Heavy Metal belongs to The Snakebite Collection, released at the end of the Broken Fang update in May 2021, and drops from the Snakebite Case. Mil-Spec skins from that case land around 79.92% of the time, one of the most common outcomes available.

SG 553 | Heavy Metal Patterns

Since the design is fixed, the black base, highlights, and stars appear identically on every copy regardless of pattern index — there's no seed or blue-gem variant to search for. Wear and float remain the only differences between individual copies.

StatTrak & Souvenir

Heavy Metal has a StatTrak™ version, which adds a kill counter that follows the weapon through every future trade or sale. There's no Souvenir edition, as Souvenir weapons only come from Major-tournament packages and this finish has never appeared in one.

SG 553 | Heavy Metal Price

Battle-Scarred is the cheapest grade on the Heavy Metal ladder, the lowest-cost way to add this industrial black-and-orange design to a loadout. Given the finish's already affordable mid-tier pricing, this is about as low as it gets. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Does Battle-Scarred Heavy Metal still look recognizable?

Yes. Despite heavy scuffing, the black base and orange-yellow highlights stay identifiable enough to spot in-game, with the three stars still faintly visible. You're trading surface condition for the lowest price, not the design itself.

What's the cheapest way to own the Heavy Metal?

Battle-Scarred is the answer — it sits at the very bottom of an already affordable price ladder, just under Well-Worn. It's the pick if you want the design for as little as possible.

Can Heavy Metal get any more worn than Battle-Scarred?

No, this is the top of its float range. Unlike finishes capped below 1.00, Heavy Metal's float goes all the way to the maximum, so Battle-Scarred copies here show the roughest wear the game can produce.