[Groombug]

The gun looked nice, but the wear, as pointed out, was way overdone. Now it looks like a scratch n' win lottery ticket.

This was probably also stated before, but since you're building a VBSS gun, why would you need to paint it? You don't need to camo your gun if you're Visiting, Boarding, Searching, and Seizing. If anything, it'd be painted a dull battleship grey. Don't confuse the US Navy on ships with small contingents of the US Navy on the ground.

Moreover, your setup is not conducive to tight shipboard hatches. There's too much girth to the rig, there's too much ammo, where's your non-lethal? Your helmet also doesn't make sense as a VBSS item. You're more worried about banging your head than bullets. It looks like you just took your Iraq NSW doorkicker rig and put your VBSS gun on top of it. Different strokes for different missions. Combat ain't one-size-fits-all.

Above all, don't try to shoehorn as many acronyms into one gun as possible. It looks like you've got a hard-on for NSW stuff like we all do, but want to make it different so you tagged on the VBSS. The Mk. 18s may come out of the same Navy arsenal, but it doesn't mean that every dude running a Mk. 18 is instantly a Navy SEAL. Sometimes the guy holding the gun is just a plain john, unglorified seaman who just happens to have some extra training, and out in the middle of the Mediterranean, boarding a foreign ship seems a hell of a lot more fun than scrubbing the steam catapult again.

Stick to one setup, finish it, polish it, and then start another one. Lumping shit together is going to turn out exactly as it sounds - like shit.