StatTrak™ MP5-SD | Gauss (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

Gauss turns the MP5-SD into a piece of machined hardware: a graphite body, a vented silencer and warm copper stripes on the magazine and grip. In Minimal Wear the finish reads almost exactly like a clean copy, and any marks hide on the edges, where the dark metal look forgives them. The buyer gets nearly the full Factory New picture at a lower grade.

Item type: smg. 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 same quality also exists as the Souvenir version.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The receiver and handguard are painted in dark graphite gunmetal with fine engraved grooves and panel lines that imitate stamped steel plates. The integrated silencer carries the same dark tone with a ribbed, vented front section and thin teal and copper accents along its length.

Faint scuffs may appear on the silencer tip and the sharpest ribs of the magazine. They are small and mostly visible only up close in the inspect view. At normal distance the gun reads the same as a Factory New copy. The receiver texture, grip and teal accents stay clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of StatTrak™ MP5-SD | Gauss 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

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

It drops from Prisma Case.

Price by quality

Taking Minimal Wear as the baseline:

• Factory New — 2.7× dearer
• Field-Tested — 2.4× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 2.5× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 2.5× cheaper

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

Among 3 skins of the MP5-SD in the Restricted grade and this quality, this skin ranks 2nd by price, counting from the dearest.

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 1.7× dearer than the regular one.

Stickers and crafts

Copper, orange, gold and teal stickers match the existing accents, while holo or foil stickers in warm tones echo the metallic look. The flat dark side of the receiver above the grip is the cleanest spot for placement.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the ribs of the magazine and the grip in the inspect view, since the copper there shows wear first.
• Check the silencer tip and the upper receiver edges for rubbed spots, especially near the top of a wear range.
• Compare float positions within the same wear, because a low float in Field-Tested can look close to Minimal Wear.
• Check applied stickers and any name tag, as they change how the clean dark receiver reads.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-clean look in game without paying for the top grade.
• Crafters who accept tiny edge marks hidden by the dark finish.
• In short: almost Factory New for everyday use.