P250 | Cyber Shell (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

The base design stays recognisable even at its most worn: a steel-toned pistol with red accents and a textured grip. Battle-Scarred shows heavy scuffing on the slide and frame, with much of the red trim reduced to fragments. Since the finish is mostly metallic, the heavy wear blends in and reads as an old service weapon.

Item type: pistol. Restricted sits in the middle of the rarity scale: noticeably rarer than Mil-Spec, yet not truly rare.

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The slide is finished in dark gunmetal with a polished silver front around the muzzle, thin red engraved lettering along its side and a block of red vertical stripes at the rear. The frame continues the dark metal tone, with red outlines running along its lower edge, a red trigger and red lining inside the trigger guard.

The slide and frame are heavily scuffed, and much of the red trim remains only as fragments. The grip panels are worn at the edges and the red side insert is patchy. In game the pistol looks like a dark, weathered metal sidearm with traces of red.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–0.85

The whole float range of P250 | Cyber Shell is 0–0.85; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.85 segment (47% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Snakebite Collection with 17 skins in total.

The source is Snakebite Case.

What it costs in each quality

Taking Battle-Scarred as the baseline:

• Factory New — 9.4× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 2.1× dearer
• Field-Tested — 3% dearer
• Well-Worn — 3% dearer

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

Among 8 skins of the P250 in the Restricted grade and this quality, this skin is the most affordable.

StatTrak™ and Souvenir

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills. Right now it is 30% dearer than the regular one. There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Red, black and silver stickers fit the skin's palette best, especially when placed on the slide away from the red rear stripes. Holo or foil stickers in cool steel tones work well with the metallic finish.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since lower values keep the red slide stripes and lettering cleaner.
• Look at the muzzle, the slide edges and the trigger guard, as these are the first places to lose paint.
• Inspect the copy in game or on a full preview to see how intact the red outlines on the frame and grip are.
• Check applied stickers and the name tag, since they change the look of the slide.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Players looking for the cheapest entry into this skin.
• Fans of heavily weathered finishes where the dark metal dominates.
• In short: the budget pick with a battle-worn look.