Souvenir MP5-SD | Gauss (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

MP5-SD | Gauss pairs a dark stamped-steel body with copper ribbing, and in Battle-Scarred that pairing becomes heavily weathered. The copper on the magazine and grip is broken up by wear, and the edges of the silencer and receiver are rubbed through. Because the base finish is already dark and metallic, the damage looks like hard service rather than ruined paint.

Item type: smg. 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.

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

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The receiver and handguard are painted in dark graphite gunmetal with fine engraved grooves and panel lines that imitate stamped steel plates. The integrated silencer carries the same dark tone with a ribbed, vented front section and thin teal and copper accents along its length.

Wear covers the copper ribbing heavily, leaving the magazine and grip broken up and faded. The silencer, receiver edges and stock end are rubbed through in many places, and the teal accents are hard to make out. In game the gun looks dark and weathered, with only traces of the warm copper. The flatter central panels keep the most paint.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–1

The float of Souvenir MP5-SD | Gauss ranges from 0 to 1; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–1 — 55% 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 Prisma Collection with 17 skins in total.

The source is Prisma 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

Copper, orange, gold and teal stickers match the existing accents, while holo or foil stickers in warm tones echo the metallic look. The flat dark side of the receiver above the grip is the cleanest spot for placement.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the ribs of the magazine and the grip in the inspect view, since the copper there shows wear first.
• Check the silencer tip and the upper receiver edges for rubbed spots, especially near the top of a wear range.
• Compare float positions within the same wear, because a low float in Field-Tested can look close to Minimal Wear.
• Check applied stickers and any name tag, as they change how the clean dark receiver reads.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Budget players who want the cheapest entry to the skin.
• Collectors of heavily weathered looks, who value how worn dark metal reads.
• In short: a hard-service version for those who like scars.