Souvenir MAC-10 | Candy Apple (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

Candy Apple keeps the MAC-10 simple: a bright red box-shaped receiver over a dark grey grip and magazine. In Minimal Wear the paint still looks fresh from a normal viewing angle, with only faint marks on the sharpest corners when you inspect closely. It gives nearly the same look as the top grade.

Item type: smg. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Industrial Grade is the second tier from the bottom: common skins from drops and collections.

Solid Color: a single colour without a pattern; wear dulls it evenly and rubs it off along the edges.

Other qualities of this skin: Factory New and Field-Tested.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The upper receiver is painted solid red from the muzzle end to the rear, including the ribbed top cover, the side cut-outs and the cocking area. The barrel stub stays black, while the grip, magazine and trigger guard are a dark gunmetal grey.

Small light specks may appear on the front corner of the receiver and the tips of the top ribs. These marks are visible mainly in inspect mode and do not break up the red surface. The sides of the housing, grip and magazine remain clean. At normal distance in game it is hard to tell apart from Factory New.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The float of Souvenir MAC-10 | Candy Apple ranges from 0 to 0.3; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 27% 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 Train Collection with 15 skins in total.

It drops from:

• Atlanta 2017 Train Souvenir Package
• Berlin 2019 Train Souvenir Package
• Boston 2018 Train Souvenir Package
• Cologne 2016 Train Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 Train Souvenir Package

And 6 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

Price by quality

By price this skin is 6th of 8 skins Industrial Grade MAC-10 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

Black, white or silver stickers sit well on the red receiver and repeat the existing colour scheme. Red-themed stickers blend into the paint for a cleaner look, while one bold sticker on the flat side of the housing keeps the simple style intact.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since a low Field-Tested copy can look close to Minimal Wear.
• Inspect the front edges and top ribs of the receiver, as these lose paint first.
• Pattern does not matter here because the finish is a solid colour.
• Look at applied stickers and name tags, as they change the plain look noticeably.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want almost the same look as Factory New and accept tiny marks seen only on inspect.
• Sticker crafters who need a clean red base.
• Conclusion: a practical balance between appearance and cost.