MAC-10 | Case Hardened (Field-Tested)

Skin overview

Case Hardened turns the boxy MAC-10 receiver into a patchwork of blue, violet and brown heat colours over grey metal. In Field-Tested the tint starts to look slightly duller and scratches appear along the edges, which gives the gun a used, workshop look. The pattern itself is still easy to read from a normal distance.

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

Patina: an aged metal surface; wear is part of the design, so the gap between qualities is less visible.

How the skin looks in Field-Tested

The case-hardened finish covers the receiver and the top cover from the muzzle stub to the rear sling mount, with blue as the base and violet, amber and brown patches spread across it. The short dark barrel, the grey grip, the magazine and the wire stock and trigger guard stay in plain metal, which frames the coloured upper body.

Scratches become visible along the receiver edges, around the cooling slots and on the front of the top cover. The tint looks a little duller and slightly darker overall. In game the pattern still reads clearly, while the flat side panels of the receiver remain mostly clean.

Field-Tested wear: float 0.15–0.38

The float of MAC-10 | Case Hardened ranges from 0 to 1; the Field-Tested quality covers 0.15–0.38 — 23% 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 2021 Dust 2 Collection with 19 skins in total.

It drops from:

• Antwerp 2022 Dust II Souvenir Package
• Austin 2025 Dust II Souvenir Highlight Package
• Austin 2025 Dust II Souvenir Package
• Budapest 2025 Dust II Souvenir Highlight Package
• Budapest 2025 Dust II Souvenir Package
• Rio 2022 Dust II Souvenir Package

And 2 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

Price by quality

Taking Field-Tested as the baseline:

• Factory New — 2× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 9% dearer
• Well-Worn — 3% cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 6% cheaper

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

Among 16 skins of the MAC-10 in the Restricted grade and this quality, this skin ranks 3rd by price, counting from the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Gold, holographic and blue stickers echo the tint of the receiver and work well on the flat side panel. Muted brown or bronze stickers suit copies with more amber in the pattern, while bright red or green tends to clash with the heat colours.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the pattern on the receiver, since the share of blue against gold and brown differs on every copy and affects how the skin looks.
• Check where the float sits within the wear range, because a low float in a grade shows clearly brighter colours.
• Inspect the receiver edges and the cooling slots, which are the first areas to darken and scratch.
• On Souvenir copies, check the applied stickers and whether they suit the colours of this pattern.

Who the Field-Tested quality suits

• Players who want the recognisable pattern at a moderate cost.
• Those who like a used, workshop look on the gun.
• A practical everyday option with the pattern still clearly visible.