Souvenir M249 | Gator Mesh (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

In Battle-Scarred the yellow-green gator mesh survives mainly on flat surfaces, while edges and raised parts are stripped to dark metal. The result is a patchy, weathered camouflage rather than a bright pattern. It is the cheapest way to carry this finish and reads as a heavily used field weapon.

Item type: machinegun. 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, top cover and handguard are sprayed with a yellow-green net pattern over dark olive streaks, which gives a scale-like texture. The box magazine carries the largest and brightest area of the mesh, where the cells read as reptile scales.

Large areas of the mesh are worn away on the magazine, receiver edges, handguard and stock, leaving dark metal and faded olive. The yellow survives only in scattered patches. In game the gun looks like weathered, uneven camouflage rather than a scale pattern. Only the most sheltered flat surfaces keep a clear section of mesh.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–0.6

The whole float range of Souvenir M249 | Gator Mesh is 0–0.6; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.6 segment (25% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir M249 | Gator Mesh belongs to The Safehouse Collection, which holds 15 skins.

It drops from:

• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• EMS One 2014 Souvenir Package

What it costs in each quality

By price this skin is 2nd of 3 skins Industrial Grade M249 in this quality (the first being 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 yellow, olive, black or gold match the mesh and keep the camouflage theme. Matte or holo stickers on the flat sides of the receiver or the magazine sit well against the scale pattern, while bright red or blue designs will stand out sharply.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits inside the wear range, since a low float keeps the magazine corners noticeably cleaner.
• Look at the box magazine first, because it carries the brightest part of the mesh and shows wear most clearly.
• Pattern placement changes little on this finish, so do not pay extra for a specific seed.
• For Souvenir copies, check which stickers are applied and how worn they are.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• The cheapest entry for anyone who simply wants a skin on the M249.
• Players who like heavily weathered, patchy camouflage.
• Pick it for price and rough character, not for the pattern.