Souvenir M249 | Gator Mesh (Factory New)

Skin overview

M249 | Gator Mesh covers the machine gun in a yellow-green net pattern laid over darker olive streaks, so the surface resembles reptile scales. In Factory New the mesh cells stay sharp across the box magazine and stock, and the yellow tones are at their brightest. This is the grade for a buyer who wants the pattern exactly as it was sprayed.

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: Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

Appearance in Factory New

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.

The mesh is complete on every painted part, with crisp cell edges on the magazine and receiver. The contrast between the yellow highlights and the dark olive streaks is at its strongest. In game the gun shows an even, bright scale pattern from any angle. Nothing on the weapon looks scuffed.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The float of Souvenir M249 | Gator Mesh ranges from 0 to 0.6; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 12% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

The skin’s collection is The Safehouse Collection with 15 skins in total.

It drops from:

• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• EMS One 2014 Souvenir Package

Price by quality

Among 3 skins of the M249 in the Industrial Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 2nd by price, counting from 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.

Stickers and crafts

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 check before buying

• 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 the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the mesh with full contrast and no marks.
• Sticker crafters who need a clean yellow-green base.
• The top grade for anyone who values a flawless look on this finish.