Sawed-Off | Zander (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The Zander finish turns the Sawed-Off receiver into the flank of a fish: olive paint broken by dark stripes, framed by a dark barrel and reddish-brown furniture. Minimal Wear keeps this look almost whole. Any marks are small and sit on edges that are hard to spot during a round.

Item type: shotgun. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

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

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The receiver carries the main artwork: an olive-green field that darkens toward the top, crossed by dark vertical bars like the stripes on a fish's side. The barrel and magazine tube are dark gunmetal and end in a greenish-gold muzzle cap, and the trigger guard picks up the same olive-gold tone.

Faint scratches can appear on the muzzle cap and along the lower edge of the receiver. The stripes and the olive field stay complete. At normal distance it is indistinguishable from a Factory New copy. The barrel, pump and stock remain clean.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The float of Sawed-Off | Zander ranges from 0.05 to 1; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 8% 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 Spectrum Collection with 17 skins in total.

The source is Spectrum Case.

Price by quality

Taking Minimal Wear as the baseline:

• Factory New — 5.7× dearer
• Field-Tested — 8% cheaper
• Well-Worn — 32% cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 1.6× cheaper

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

By price this skin is 5th of 13 skins Mil-Spec Grade Sawed-Off in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ and Souvenir

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 1.9× dearer than the regular one. There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Olive, green, brown, gold and black stickers match the natural palette of the receiver and the wood-toned furniture. Placing them on the flat side of the receiver keeps them clear of the stripe pattern's edges, while bright neon colours tend to clash with the muted scheme.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within its wear range, as copies at the clean end of a grade look noticeably better than those at the worn end.
• Inspect the receiver edges and the muzzle cap, since they lose paint first and decide how clean the gun looks.
• Look at applied stickers and name tags, and decide between regular, StatTrak™ and Souvenir copies, since all three exist.
• Make sure the dark stripes on the receiver are still distinct if the fish motif is the reason you are buying.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a look that matches Factory New in game without chasing the top grade.
• Sticker crafters who accept tiny edge marks that stay out of view.
• A sensible balance of clean appearance and practicality.