Souvenir AK-47 | Predator (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

The Battle-Scarred grade turns AK-47 | Predator into a heavily weathered rifle where large areas of paint have flaked off. Stripes survive mostly on the flat central surfaces, while edges and the magazine show bare metal. It is the cheapest way into the skin and has a distinct worn character of its own.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Industrial Grade is the second tier from the bottom: common skins from drops and collections.

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 Well-Worn.

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The receiver, handguard and stock are painted olive with broad reddish-brown stripes that run across the rifle in an irregular zebra pattern. The curved magazine carries the same stripes, angled along its length, and the pistol grip is mostly in the reddish tone.

Much of the magazine and the handguard edges are worn to bare metal. Paint flakes off the receiver and stock in wide patches, breaking up the stripe pattern. In game the rifle reads as rough and scratched, with the olive and rust tones surviving in the middle areas. Only the flat central surfaces keep a coherent striped look.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–0.8

The whole float range of Souvenir AK-47 | Predator is 0.06–0.8; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.8 segment (47% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir AK-47 | Predator belongs to The Dust Collection, which holds 9 skins. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

What it costs in each quality

Among 6 skins of the AK-47 in the Industrial Grade grade and this quality, this skin is the dearest.

Souvenir version

This is the Souvenir version: such copies dropped to tournament viewers in souvenir packages; the team stickers and signatures on them cannot be removed or chosen. Souvenir items never carry StatTrak™. There is also the regular version without tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Stickers in olive, brown, tan or muted gold blend with the striped camouflage. Placing them on the receiver side above the magazine keeps them on a large flat area of the pattern. Bright saturated colours tend to clash with the earthy palette.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, as the magazine and receiver edges change noticeably between low and high copies of the same grade.
• Look at the magazine first, since it is the part that loses paint earliest on this finish.
• Souvenir copies exist and come with their own applied stickers, so check what is on the rifle before buying.
• Note any name tag or extra stickers and whether they fit the olive and rust colours.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Budget buyers who want the AK-47 with this finish at the lowest entry.
• Players who enjoy a heavily worn, battered look.
• Conclusion: the most affordable grade with a character of its own.