Souvenir M4A4 | Steel Work (Field-Tested)

Skin overview

This M4A4 is recognisable by its plain steel body broken up by a red magazine, a red grip and a yellow-and-black section on the handguard. In Field-Tested the red paint starts to chip at the edges of the magazine and grip, which fits the industrial theme of the finish. From the usual first-person view the skin still reads as a red-and-steel rifle.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Counter-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.

Other qualities of this skin: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

Appearance in Field-Tested

The receiver, barrel and stock are covered in a grey-brown steel finish with a deliberately worn, uneven texture. Red ribbons run across the upper receiver, and the magazine and pistol grip are painted a matching red.

Chips become visible along the magazine edges and the front and back of the grip, and the corners of the yellow handguard band start to lose paint. The red ribbons on the receiver show light scuffing. In first-person view the red and yellow still dominate, and the wear reads as natural use. The stock and steel surfaces look much the same as on cleaner copies.

Field-Tested wear: float 0.15–0.38

The float of Souvenir M4A4 | Steel Work ranges from 0 to 0.7; the Field-Tested quality covers 0.15–0.38 — 33% 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 Radiant Collection with 28 skins in total. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

Price by quality

Among 9 skins of the M4A4 in the Industrial Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 6th 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.

Which stickers suit it

Red, yellow and black stickers echo the magazine, grip and hazard band, and metallic or holo stickers in silver or gold tones suit the steel base. Placing them on the receiver near the red ribbons keeps the craft tied to the artwork.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, as the red magazine and grip change most between copies of the same grade.
• Look at the corners of the yellow handguard band, which show chipping earlier than the steel parts.
• Do not judge condition by the steel texture alone, because the worn look of the metal is part of the design.
• On souvenir copies, check that the pre-applied stickers suit the red and yellow accents.

Who the Field-Tested quality suits

• Players looking for an inexpensive CT rifle skin that still shows its red and yellow colours clearly.
• Buyers who like light chipping as part of an industrial look.
• Conclusion: the practical everyday choice.