Souvenir SG 553 | Safari Print (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Safari Print is a plain brown animal pattern, and in Battle-Scarred it takes on a heavily used, field-weathered look. Large areas of the print are scraped through to metal, especially on the protruding parts. It is the cheapest way to put this finish on the SG 553.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Well-Worn.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The hydrographic print runs over the entire rifle: barrel, ribbed handguard, receiver, magazine, pistol grip, stock and the scope body all share the same pattern. The base is a warm ochre and tan, crossed by wavy dark brown streaks that imitate animal hide.

Large areas of the print are worn through on the handguard, magazine, stock and scope, with heavy scratching across the receiver. The grey metal competes with the brown pattern in many places. In game it reads as a weathered, patchy rifle. Only some flat surfaces keep recognisable fragments of the animal print.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–0.7

The float of Souvenir SG 553 | Safari Print ranges from 0 to 0.7; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–0.7 — 36% 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 SG 553 | Safari Print belongs to The Harlequin Collection, which holds 19 skins. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

Price by quality

By price this skin is 3rd of 6 skins Consumer Grade SG 553 in this quality (the first being the dearest).

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

Gold, brown, beige and olive stickers sit naturally on the earthy print. Placements on the flat side of the receiver and the magazine keep the pattern readable on the handguard. Muted paper or holo stickers in warm tones work better than bright neon.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since copies near the cleaner end show less metal on the edges.
• Inspect the handguard ribs, magazine bottom and muzzle, as these lose the print first.
• Pattern placement shifts slightly between copies but rarely changes the overall look of this animal print.
• On Souvenir copies and crafted items, check that the applied stickers and name tag fit the brown palette.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Players looking for the cheapest entry to this finish.
• Fans of a heavily weathered, field-used rifle.
• The budget entry for those who accept strong wear.