StatTrak™ M4A4 | Howl (Factory New)

Skin overview

M4A4 | Howl is a Contraband rifle skin built around a snarling orange-red wolf head on the side of the receiver, set against a charcoal body covered in red streaks. In Factory New the wolf keeps every line of its fur and bared teeth, and the red accents stay saturated from muzzle to stock. This is the condition in which the artwork reads exactly as painted.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Contraband is a one-of-a-kind rarity: the item was removed from the game and no new copies appear.

Custom Paint Job: hand-painted across the whole body; this is the type where wear shows most, the artwork rubs down to metal.

Other qualities of this skin: Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Well-Worn. The same quality also exists as the Souvenir version.

How the skin looks in Factory New

The rifle has a dark charcoal base covered with sweeping red strokes that run along the handguard, the magazine and the stock like streaks of flame. The section of the barrel just ahead of the handguard is painted solid red, and the pistol grip is red with darker markings.

The paint is complete on every part, with no visible marks on the magazine, handguard or stock. The wolf's fur strokes, eyes and teeth are sharp and evenly coloured. In game the red streaks look bright and uniform against the dark base. Everything on the rifle reads clean.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The whole float range of StatTrak™ M4A4 | Howl is 0–0.4; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (18% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

StatTrak™ version

This is the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon shows confirmed kills. There is also the regular version without the counter. Right now the StatTrak™ version is 2.2× dearer than the regular one.

Which stickers suit it

Red, orange, gold and black stickers match the flame palette and the dark base. Placements on the handguard or near the stock suit the design best, as they leave the wolf head on the receiver uncovered.

What to check before buying

• Look at the float within the chosen wear, since a low float keeps the edges and the wolf noticeably cleaner.
• Inspect the wolf head on the receiver closely in worn grades, as it is the part that defines the skin.
• Check the magazine edges, muzzle and stock corners, which lose paint first.
• Review any applied stickers and name tag, because they stay on the item and affect how the rifle looks.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the artwork exactly as painted.
• Owners planning a premium sticker craft on a clean base.
• The choice for anyone who values the intact wolf above all.