M249 | Gator Mesh (Well-Worn)

Skin overview

This M249 keeps its reptile-scale mesh in yellow and olive, but in Well-Worn the coat is visibly thinned. Bare metal shows through along the magazine, handguard and stock edges, giving the gun a used field look. For a mesh camouflage this rough character fits the theme more than it does on clean artwork.

Item type: machinegun. Industrial Grade is the second tier from the bottom: common skins from drops and collections.

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

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

How the skin looks in Well-Worn

The receiver, top cover and handguard are sprayed with a yellow-green net pattern over dark olive streaks, which gives a scale-like texture. The box magazine carries the largest and brightest area of the mesh, where the cells read as reptile scales.

Paint is lost along all edges of the magazine, the handguard, the top cover and the stock, exposing dark metal. The yellow highlights look dull and patchy in places. In game the gun reads as clearly used, though the mesh is still recognisable. The central flat areas of the magazine and receiver hold most of the pattern.

Well-Worn quality — float range 0.38–0.45

The float of M249 | Gator Mesh ranges from 0 to 0.6; the Well-Worn quality covers 0.38–0.45 — 12% 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

M249 | Gator Mesh belongs to The Safehouse Collection, which holds 15 skins.

It drops from:

• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• EMS One 2014 Souvenir Package

Price by quality

Among 5 skins of the M249 in the Industrial Grade grade and this quality, this skin is the most affordable.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Stickers in yellow, olive, black or gold match the mesh and keep the camouflage theme. Matte or holo stickers on the flat sides of the receiver or the magazine sit well against the scale pattern, while bright red or blue designs will stand out sharply.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits inside the wear range, since a low float keeps the magazine corners noticeably cleaner.
• Look at the box magazine first, because it carries the brightest part of the mesh and shows wear most clearly.
• Pattern placement changes little on this finish, so do not pay extra for a specific seed.
• For Souvenir copies, check which stickers are applied and how worn they are.

Who the Well-Worn quality suits

• Budget players who still want the mesh to be readable.
• Fans of a rugged field-weapon look.
• A cheap option that keeps the character of the camouflage.