StatTrak™ R8 Revolver | Survivalist (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The Survivalist look rests on three things: diagonal green paint bands, a darker metal cylinder and a taped wooden grip. Minimal Wear keeps almost the whole pattern intact, with only faint marks that are hard to spot outside the inspect screen. It is the practical choice for someone who wants a clean field look without paying for the top grade.

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

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

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

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The barrel, top rail and frame are painted in diagonal bands of bright and darker green, applied in a brushed, hand-painted manner over grey-green metal. The cylinder and hammer stay in darker gunmetal tones with a slight green tint, and a small brass detail sits on the frame beside the cylinder.

Small scuffs may appear at the very tip of the muzzle and on the top rail edges. The stripes themselves remain whole and the colours keep their saturation. At normal distance in game it is practically indistinguishable from Factory New. The frame sides, cylinder and grip stay clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of StatTrak™ R8 Revolver | Survivalist ranges from 0 to 0.7; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 11% 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

StatTrak™ R8 Revolver | Survivalist belongs to The Horizon Collection, which holds 17 skins.

The source is Horizon Case.

Price by quality

Among 7 skins of the R8 Revolver in the Mil-Spec Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 5th 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 15% dearer than the regular one.

Stickers and crafts

Olive, khaki, brown and beige stickers blend with the stripes and the wooden grip. Paper or matte stickers on the side of the frame suit the hand-painted theme better than bright holographic ones.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since a low value inside a grade keeps more paint on the rail and muzzle.
• Inspect the muzzle, top rail edges and trigger guard first, as they lose paint earliest.
• The stripe layout is uniform, so pattern placement matters far less than float.
• Look at any applied stickers or name tag to make sure they suit the green and wood palette.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a clean-looking revolver at a lower grade.
• Crafters for whom tiny marks on the muzzle do not matter.
• A sensible middle ground between appearance and cost.