Souvenir Nova | Smart Gun (Field-Tested)

Skin overview

Smart Gun turns the budget Nova into a piece of sci-fi hardware, with neon violet tones flowing over the rear of the gun and a brain shape pressed into the receiver. In Field-Tested the edges start to show scuffs, while the brain and the main purple areas remain readable. It is a sensible middle ground between appearance and cost.

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, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

How the skin looks in Field-Tested

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.

Scuffs become visible along the stock and butt edges, the pump ribs and the receiver edges. The brain motif is still readable, though some edges around it may lose colour. At normal distance the gun reads as a purple-and-steel shotgun with light wear. The flat sides of the stock keep most of their gradient.

Field-Tested quality — float range 0.15–0.38

The whole float range of Souvenir Nova | Smart Gun is 0–1; Field-Tested takes the 0.15–0.38 segment (23% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Spy Tech Collection with 17 skins in total. 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.

Stickers and crafts

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 should buy Field-Tested

• Players who use the Nova on eco rounds and want a distinctive skin.
• Buyers who accept edge scuffs to pay less.
• The practical middle option.