Rhuarc, I remember that too... you know, when people relied on gameplay to sell their games. Now, it seems less and less games do this... [sigh]

Oh well, looks nice! I doubt, regardless what view you are in, that you should have a hollowed- out barrel. Its a waste of polygons (regardless its still low poly) but hey, when I model, I take them out wherever I can lol... other than that, looks nice.