Souvenir MP5-SD | Lab Rats (Factory New)

Skin overview

MP5-SD | Lab Rats is a silenced SMG covered in a hydrographic print of rats scattered over a dark teal-grey base, with bright red parts on the receiver and stock. In Factory New the print is complete. The small rat figures stay sharp and the red accents keep their solid, saturated colour.

Item type: smg. 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.

Appearance in Factory New

The long integrated suppressor and the receiver are covered in a dark teal-grey base with a dense print of brownish-red rats and small teal highlights scattered between them. The top of the receiver carries a bright red strip, and the stock end is solid red, giving the weapon two clear colour accents at the rear. The magazine continues the rat print on the same dark base, while the pistol grip stays plain dark grey. On worn copies the paint goes first from the suppressor tip, the edges of the top rail and sights, the bottom of the magazine and the corners of the red stock, where dark metal starts to show through.

The print is intact on every part, from the suppressor tip to the stock. The red strip and stock have clean, even colour without lighter spots. In game the teal highlights and red accents look crisp at any distance. This is the grade for buyers who want the artwork exactly as designed.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The whole float range of Souvenir MP5-SD | Lab Rats is 0–0.35; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (20% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir MP5-SD | Lab Rats belongs to The Blacksite Collection. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

What it costs in each quality

Taking Factory New as the baseline:

• Minimal Wear — 24% cheaper
• Field-Tested — 24% cheaper

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

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™.

Which stickers suit it

Red, black or dark teal stickers match the finish best and tie in with the red accents on the receiver. Placing them on the receiver near the red strip keeps the rat print on the suppressor visible.

What to check before buying

• Check the float position within the wear, since edge wear grows noticeably toward the top of each range.
• Look at the red stock and the red strip on the receiver, as they show wear more clearly than the patterned areas.
• Inspect the suppressor tip and magazine bottom, which lose paint first.
• Souvenir copies come with stickers already applied, so make sure their placement suits you.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the rat print and red accents fully intact.
• Sticker crafters who need a clean base for a finished look.
• Conclusion: the choice for those who want the skin exactly as designed.