Souvenir XM1014 | Mockingbird (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This wear keeps the classic hunting-gun look of the Mockingbird almost intact. The silver and gold birds on the black receiver still stand out clearly, and any marks are tiny and found only on edges. It is a practical way to get a near-clean engraved shotgun without paying for the top grade.

Item type: shotgun. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

Other qualities of this skin: Factory New, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The barrel and the magazine tube are finished in dark metal, with a gold-coloured cap at the end of the tube. The forend, pistol grip and stock panels are covered in brown wood with a visible figured grain.

Small scuffs may appear on the edges of the receiver and at the muzzle end. The engraving, the wood and the stock remain practically clean. At normal distance in game this wear is hard to tell apart from Factory New. Only close inspection reveals the first marks.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of Souvenir XM1014 | Mockingbird ranges from 0 to 1; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 8% 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 XM1014 | Mockingbird belongs to The Fever Collection, which holds 17 skins.

The source is Fever Case.

Price by quality

Among 6 skins of the XM1014 in the Mil-Spec Grade grade and this quality, this skin is the most affordable.

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 and black stickers match the wood and the engraved metal best. Holo or gold stickers placed on the barrel or the magazine tube echo the gold accents without covering the bird engraving on the receiver.

What to look at before you buy

• Check the float position within the wear range, since copies near the cleaner end keep the engraving noticeably sharper.
• Look at the receiver engraving in the inspect view, because the raised parts of the birds lose their shine first.
• Inspect the edges of the forend and stock, where the wood finish wears through early.
• Check for applied stickers and a name tag, and whether the copy is a StatTrak™ version.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-clean look and are happy to save on the top grade.
• Sticker crafters, since the marks are barely visible in game.
• In short: almost the same look as the cleanest grade with a sensible compromise.