Galil AR | Hunting Blind (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

Hunting Blind is a mesh-stencil camouflage: warm gold cells separated by dark lines across the receiver, handguard, magazine and stock. In Minimal Wear the pattern is still intact and only the sharpest edges may show a trace of use. For most players it looks the same as the cleanest grade while usually costing a little less.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

Spray-Paint: paint sprayed over the metal; scratches and scuffs appear early but look natural.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The receiver, handguard, magazine, pistol grip and stock are covered with a dense net of golden ochre cells divided by dark olive-brown lines, which gives the surface a scaled, woven texture. The barrel, muzzle device, sights and rails stay in dark gunmetal and frame the painted parts.

The pattern stays intact, and only tiny marks may appear on the lower edge of the magazine or the stock corners. These are hard to spot without inspecting the skin closely. At normal distance in game it reads the same as Factory New. The receiver, handguard and grip remain clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of Galil AR | Hunting Blind ranges from 0 to 0.6; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 13% 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

Galil AR | Hunting Blind belongs to The Mirage Collection, which holds 15 skins.

It drops from:

• Atlanta 2017 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Berlin 2019 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Boston 2018 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Cologne 2016 Mirage Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2014 Mirage Souvenir Package

And 9 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

Price by quality

Among 4 skins of the Galil AR in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 2nd by price, counting from the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Gold, brown, olive and black stickers blend with the ochre mesh, while a single dark or matte sticker stands out cleanly against the warm tone. The flat side of the receiver above the magazine is the most readable placement. Bright neon colours tend to clash with the earthy camouflage.

What to check before buying

• Check the float position within the grade, since the magazine and stock corners show the difference first.
• The mesh is a uniform stencil, so pattern placement barely changes the look and is not worth paying extra for.
• Souvenir copies come with stickers already applied, so check whether they suit your taste.
• Look at any name tag and existing stickers in the inspect view before buying.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a clean look in game without paying for the top grade.
• Collectors who are fine with marks visible only on close inspection.
• In short: almost the Factory New look for a little less.