G3SG1 | Stinger (Factory New)

The G3SG1 | Stinger (Factory New) is a Restricted autosniper skin dressed in bold yellow with gray accents. Factory New is the top grade for this finish, showing the aggressive color at its most vivid.

Design

Stinger runs a punchy yellow body broken up by gray accents, a loud, wasp-like look that reads instantly across the map. It's a community design by the artist nozza, and it ships with a fitting in-game line: "A moment of pain. Then nothing."

G3SG1 | Stinger (Factory New) Float and Wear

The float scale runs 0.00–0.70, and Factory New sits at the very bottom of it. At this grade the yellow stays fully saturated with no scuffing on the surface, so the wasp-yellow paint pops exactly as intended. If you want the color at its brightest, this is the grade to grab.

G3SG1 | Stinger Rarity

Rarity: Restricted — the purple tier, sitting in the middle of the standard weapon grades above Mil-Spec and below Classified. It's a step up in scarcity from the common blue drops.

G3SG1 | Stinger Case and Collection

This finish belongs to The Glove Collection and comes from the Glove Case, which arrived with the Glove Case update in November 2016. The Restricted tier as a whole unboxes at roughly 15.98% from the case (a rate shared across the tier's skins), so any single Restricted skin is a fair bit rarer than that pooled figure suggests.

G3SG1 | Stinger Patterns

The Stinger uses a fixed design — the yellow-and-gray artwork lands identically on every copy, so the paint seed does nothing and there's no "best pattern" or blue-gem seed to chase. Only wear and float set one copy apart from another.

StatTrak & Souvenir

This finish exists as a regular version and a StatTrak one; the StatTrak™ Stinger adds a confirmed-kill counter, drops more rarely, and costs more, and that counter is permanent — it never gets wiped when the item changes hands. There's no Souvenir version, since Souvenir weapons come only from Major-tournament packages and this finish was never offered in one.

G3SG1 | Stinger Price

Factory New sits at the top of the Stinger's price ladder as the highest and priciest grade, a premium pick within the G3SG1 lineup. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Factory New worth the premium on the Stinger?

If the punchy yellow is the whole appeal, yes. Factory New shows the color at full strength with zero surface wear, and on a bright base like this scuffing is more visible than on dark skins. Buyers who want the loudest, most vivid version pay up here; anyone chasing value drops to Minimal Wear.

Does the Stinger have a Factory New version?

It does. The finish rolls from 0.00, so Factory New copies exist and mark the cleanest, most saturated grade available. That's the opposite of finishes capped above the Factory New window — here you can get the yellow paint with no wear at all.

Which gloves go with the Stinger?

Its wasp-yellow and gray palette suits a bright, high-energy loadout, so yellow, black, or gray gloves work best — a black pair grounds the loud color, while yellow-accented wraps lean into the sting. Keep the rest of the loadout dark so the finish stays the standout piece.