Souvenir SG 553 | Safari Print (Factory New)

Skin overview

SG 553 | Safari Print covers the whole rifle in a brown animal print of ochre, tan and dark brown streaks, scope included. In Factory New the hydrographic layer is unbroken, so the print stays warm and even from muzzle to stock. This is the grade for a buyer who wants the pattern exactly as designed.

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: Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

Appearance in Factory New

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.

The print is complete on every part of the rifle, with no exposed metal. Rails, magazine edges and the scope keep their full colour. In game it reads as a uniform warm brown pattern. Everything looks clean.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The float of Souvenir SG 553 | Safari Print ranges from 0 to 0.7; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 10% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

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 7 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.

Stickers and crafts

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 check before buying

• 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 Factory New

• Collectors who want the print complete on every part.
• Sticker crafters who need a clean, even base.
• The choice for anyone who wants this finish in its intended form.