Souvenir Nova | Smart Gun (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Smart Gun in Battle-Scarred keeps its basic silhouette of gunmetal barrel and violet rear, but the paint is heavily scraped across raised parts and edges. The brain motif loses detail and the metal shows through in many places, giving the gun a rough, salvaged look. It is the cheapest way to carry this design.

Item type: shotgun. 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.

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The barrel, magazine tube and ribbed pump are finished in dark metallic grey-blue with a light sheen along the top surfaces. The rear of the receiver and the stock carry the main artwork: violet, magenta and pink tones with curved lines that wrap around the grip.

Heavy scraping covers the stock edges, the grip, the receiver and the pump ribs. The brain motif is partly worn through and loses much of its shape. At normal distance the gun still shows a violet rear and dark front, but the artwork reads as rough. Even the flat stock panels show patches of wear.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–1

The float of Souvenir Nova | Smart Gun 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

Souvenir Nova | Smart Gun belongs to The Spy Tech Collection, which holds 17 skins. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

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

Holo and foil stickers in violet, pink or blue tones match the neon rear of the gun. Placing them on the dark barrel keeps the brain and stock artwork uncovered, while silver or chrome accents echo the metallic front.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the chosen wear, since lower values keep the brain and stock edges cleaner.
• Inspect the brain near the rear sight, as it is the focal point and loses detail on more worn copies.
• Look at the stock edges and pump ribs, which show wear first.
• Note any stickers or name tag already applied, and whether they fit the purple artwork.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Entry-level buyers who want this design at the lowest cost.
• Players who like a rough, salvaged style.
• The cheapest way into Smart Gun.