Souvenir M4A1-S | Bright Water (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

M4A1-S | Bright Water is a hydrographic blue camouflage that covers the whole rifle in deep navy with pale mint and sky-blue blotches. In Minimal Wear the pattern keeps its crisp edges and saturated colour, and only a close look reveals faint marks on the sharpest edges. This is the cleanest grade the skin is offered in.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Restricted sits in the middle of the rarity scale: noticeably rarer than Mil-Spec, yet not truly rare.

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The silencer, handguard, receiver, magazine and stock are all wrapped in the same hydrographic camo: large navy and royal blue areas broken by irregular pale mint and light blue spots. The exposed barrel section between silencer and handguard stays a plain dark blue-grey, which separates the two patterned halves of the rifle.

Wear is limited to tiny specks on the silencer tip and the sharp edges of the carry handle and front sight. The blue tones stay deep and the pale blotches keep clean outlines across all parts. In game at normal distance it is practically indistinguishable from a fresh copy. Magazine, receiver sides and stock look clean.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.1–0.15

The float of Souvenir M4A1-S | Bright Water ranges from 0.1 to 0.22; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.1–0.15 — 42% 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 Bravo Collection with 15 skins in total.

It drops from Operation Bravo Case (on sale since Sep 20, 2013).

Price by quality

Compared with the Minimal Wear quality, the others go like this: Field-Tested — 3.1× cheaper. Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

By price this skin is 3rd of 10 skins Restricted M4A1-S 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

Blue, white and silver stickers blend with the camo and keep the cool palette. Holographic or foil stickers with blue tones suit the receiver, while a single warm accent such as gold can contrast with the navy base.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since copies near the clean end look noticeably fresher.
• Inspect the silencer tip and the carry handle, as these parts lose paint first.
• Look at the lower edge of the magazine, which is visible in first person.
• Check stickers and name tag, and whether the copy is StatTrak™ or Souvenir.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want the cleanest available look of this camo.
• Collectors and sticker crafters who need saturated colours under their stickers.
• The best choice for those who value a fresh, crisp pattern.