Souvenir Galil AR | Sandstorm (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Galil AR | Sandstorm in Battle-Scarred keeps its beige and purple palette only in broken fragments. Large areas of dark base show through on the receiver, handguard and magazine, so the rifle looks sand-blasted rather than painted. It is the most affordable way to get this pattern.

Item type: rifle. 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.

Custom Paint Job: hand-painted across the whole body; this is the type where wear shows most, the artwork rubs down to metal.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Well-Worn. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The receiver and handguard are covered in a light beige to peach base with purple streaks flowing along the length of the rifle. The magazine carries long vertical bands of purple over sand colour, and the pistol grip is mostly purple.

Heavy wear covers the handguard, receiver and magazine, leaving the pattern in patches. The stock and grip carry noticeable scratches and dark spots too. In game the rifle reads as rough and faded, with the purple and beige seen mainly as broken shapes. Only parts of the stock sides still look relatively whole.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–0.6

The float of Souvenir Galil AR | Sandstorm ranges from 0.1 to 0.6; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–0.6 — 30% 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 Winter Offensive Collection with 13 skins in total.

The source is Winter Offensive Weapon Case (on sale since Dec 18, 2013).

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 purple, lilac, gold or warm sand tones blend with the artwork. Placing them on the receiver side keeps the brighter handguard pattern visible.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since lower values keep the beige brighter.
• Look at the handguard edges and magazine, which lose paint first.
• Compare screenshots of several copies, as the hydrographic print places the purple streaks differently.
• Check any applied stickers or name tag if you plan your own craft.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Budget entry for anyone wanting this skin on a Galil AR.
• Players who prefer a rough, sand-blasted style.
• The cheapest way into the pattern.