Souvenir M249 | Gator Mesh (Field-Tested)

What makes a copy Souvenir

The Souvenir M249 | Gator Mesh (Field-Tested, FT) is the Souvenir copy of this skin — the same Industrial Grade finish, handed out in a souvenir package at a Major rather than pulled from a case. The finish gets its identity from mesh fabric used as a freehand spray stencil, printing a net-like weave into the green paint over the body of the gun. Field-Tested spans 0.15–0.38 on the float scale — the middle grade, and usually the easiest one to find on the market.

What the stickers do to the price of the M249 | Gator Mesh

Souvenir packages drop to viewers and attendees during a Major, each holding a skin from that tournament's collection. A souvenir copy carries up to four stickers from the match it came out of — the two teams, that match's MVP and the event itself — applied for good. A Souvenir skin is never StatTrak™ — the two are mutually exclusive.

Where it comes from

On a souvenir copy the stickers usually matter more than the finish. A package from a famous match, or one carrying a retired star player's sticker, can be worth many times an ordinary copy at the same exterior, while one from a forgotten group-stage match trades close to the plain version.

FAQ

This skin comes from The Safehouse Collection, launched in November 2013 with the "Out with the old, in with the new" update, and it has no weapon case of its own.

Can a Souvenir M249 | Gator Mesh be StatTrak?

No. Souvenir and StatTrak™ are mutually exclusive — a copy is one or the other, never both, and neither can be added to a skin after it drops.

Can the stickers be removed from a Souvenir M249 | Gator Mesh?

No. Souvenir stickers are part of the copy and cannot be scraped off, unlike stickers a player applies themselves. That is why two souvenir copies of one skin at the same exterior can be priced far apart.