M4A1-S | Nitro (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The Nitro finish pairs charcoal paint with bright orange accents on the barrel, buffer tube and controls. At Minimal Wear the look is practically the same as a new copy, with only faint marks that are hard to spot outside the inspect view. It keeps the full contrast of the two-colour scheme at a lower grade.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Restricted sits in the middle of the rarity scale: noticeably rarer than Mil-Spec, yet not truly rare.

Solid Color: a single colour without a pattern; wear dulls it evenly and rubs it off along the edges.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The receiver, carry handle, handguard, magazine and stock are painted a matte dark grey close to black. Tangerine orange is applied to the exposed barrel between the handguard and the suppressor, to the buffer tube behind the receiver and to small parts such as the trigger, selector and pins.

Small marks may appear on the suppressor tip and the edges of the handguard. The orange barrel and small parts stay clean. At normal distance in game the difference from Factory New is barely noticeable. The receiver, stock and magazine still look untouched.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The float of M4A1-S | Nitro ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 11% of this skin’s scale. Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

The skin’s collection is The Safehouse Collection with 15 skins in total.

It drops from:

• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• EMS One 2014 Souvenir Package

Price by quality

Taking Minimal Wear as the baseline:

• Factory New — 10× dearer
• Field-Tested — 2.4× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 2.3× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 2.3× cheaper

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

By price this skin is 9th of 11 skins Restricted M4A1-S in this quality (the first being the dearest).

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Orange, black, grey and white stickers match the two-colour scheme well. Placing an orange sticker on the receiver or magazine echoes the barrel accent, while dark holo or foil stickers blend into the body.

What to look at before you buy

• Check the float position within the wear, since chips on the suppressor and handguard grow quickly toward the worse end of each grade.
• Inspect the orange barrel section, as its condition defines how the skin reads in game.
• Look at the edges of the magazine and the carry handle, which wear first on this finish.
• Make sure whether you are buying a regular or Souvenir copy and check any applied stickers or name tag.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-new look at a lower grade.
• Crafters who accept tiny marks visible only in inspect.
• Conclusion: a practical alternative to Factory New.