Souvenir MAG-7 | Praetorian (Factory New)

Skin overview

MAG-7 | Praetorian is a Restricted Gunsmith finish for the CT shotgun, built on black metallic paint with dark red accents and a pale grey forend. In Factory New the black panels keep their full depth and the red reads as a clean, solid band along the receiver. This is the grade for buyers who want the contrast between dark body and light grip exactly as intended.

Item type: shotgun. 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.

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

Other qualities of this skin: Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Well-Worn. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

How the skin looks in Factory New

The receiver is covered in glossy black metallic paint split into separate plates, with a carbon-style texture on the upper rear section and a deep red area running along the side near the trigger. The barrel and muzzle are plain black, while the forend grip is a contrasting pale grey with a smooth metallic sheen.

Factory New copies show the black plates with an even gloss and crisp borders between black, red and grey. The forend grip is uniformly pale with no marks on its curve. In game the weapon looks sharp and dark, with the red section clearly visible. Every part of the finish appears clean.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The float of Souvenir MAG-7 | Praetorian ranges from 0 to 0.45; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 16% 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 Wildfire Collection with 16 skins in total.

The source is Operation Wildfire Case.

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

Red, black and silver or holo stickers match the scheme and keep the restrained look. Placements on the flat side plates of the receiver work best, while bright multicolour stickers tend to break the dark composition.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, as low-float copies of a grade look closer to the cleaner one.
• Look at the pale forend grip, since marks on its light surface are the most visible part of the wear.
• Inspect the edges of the receiver plates and the magazine base, which lose paint first.
• Review applied stickers and any name tag, as they change the dark look of the receiver.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want crisp edges and an untouched pale forend.
• Sticker crafters who need a clean dark base for their placements.
• The choice for those who value the finish in its intended state.