M249 | Predator (Well-Worn)

Skin overview

Predator covers the big machinegun in olive paint with broad rust-coloured stripes, giving it a rough, utilitarian appearance. At Well-Worn the spray paint is visibly thinned, and bare metal shows through on corners and protruding parts. The striped pattern remains recognisable from a distance, so the skin still reads as Predator in a match.

Item type: machinegun. 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, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Battle-Scarred.

Appearance in Well-Worn

The receiver and handguard are painted olive green with diagonal rust-brown stripes that wrap around the sides and top covers. The large box magazine carries the same stripes in wide vertical bands, which makes it the most visible part of the pattern in first-person view.

Paint loss spreads from the edges onto the sides of the magazine and the top of the receiver, and the stripes start to break up. The stock shows worn corners and thinning paint along its outline. From a distance the green-and-brown pattern is still recognisable. The centre panels of the receiver and magazine keep the most colour.

Well-Worn wear: float 0.38–0.45

The float of M249 | Predator ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Well-Worn quality covers 0.38–0.45 — 9% 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

The skin’s collection is The Havoc Collection with 19 skins in total. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

Price by quality

Among 8 skins of the M249 in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 4th by price, counting from the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Stickers in brown, tan, olive or muted gold match the earthy palette and blend with the stripes. Placing them on the green sections of the receiver keeps them readable without clashing with the brown bands. Bright or neon stickers will stand out sharply against this camouflage, which suits only a deliberate contrast craft.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since low and high floats of the same grade can look quite different on the magazine edges.
• Look at the box magazine first, because its edges and corners lose paint earliest and it is the most visible part in first-person view.
• Compare stripe placement across copies, as the spray-paint pattern shifts slightly and some layouts look more balanced on the magazine.
• For Souvenir copies, check the preapplied stickers and how they sit on the receiver.

Who the Well-Worn quality suits

• Budget-minded players who still want a recognisable pattern.
• Fans of a used, field-gear look on a heavy weapon.
• A budget pick that keeps the skin's character.