Shop take: Old Charter sits in the Control set as a Common finish, but it reads louder than its tier suggests—heraldry, script, and legal imagery pulled from Magna Carta land on brown-tan tones that feel like aged parchment and wax seals rather than neon flex. If your goal is a coherent Control loadout or a cheap themed shotgun for everyday queues, this is one of the saner stops in the collection. Skip it only if you need rarity bragging rights; the value here is mood and price, not flex.

<i>Legal systems cannot make everyone equal, but everyone stands equal before the law.</i>

Release & where it trades

Dropping 3 December 2020 with Broken Fang and the Control collection, Old Charter has had years to settle on Steam and C5GAME. Wear-tier pricing is usually straightforward—filter Factory New through Battle-Scarred and you can line it up with other Control pieces in one budget pass.

Drop source (single target)

Control collection only. Whether you open cases or buy out, you are hunting one line: this finish inside Control. No side collections, no name confusion with unrelated crates.

What you are actually buying

• Finish type: multicolor electroplating
• Float cap: 0.0–0.65 (FN through BS in normal play)
• Design hook: Magna Carta heraldry, handwriting, and text—official pitch is brown-beige as the hero, not loud contrast

In inspect, prioritize: even brown wash, where text and crests sit on the receiver, and whether electroplate layers stay readable as wear climbs. Common rarity keeps entry cost down—fine as a daily XM1014 skin or as the “cheap story piece” in a Control-themed inventory.

Wear tiers that matter

| Wear band | What changes |
|----------|----------------|
| Low (FN / low MW) | Calmer, fuller brown base; details stay crisp |
| Mid–high (FT+) | Edges pick up mottling and fade; more “used document” energy |

Pairing tip: stay inside Control’s brown/control palette so nothing on your rifle or pistol steals the parchment story.

Expert muttering

I treat Old Charter like a theme tax you can actually afford. The XM1014 is not everyone’s main, so buy for set cohesion or inspect satisfaction, not meta. Always spin the skin in-game—pattern placement on shotguns can feel personal—and only then sort by wear on C5GAME or Steam. Blind-buying a mid float because the thumbnail looked warm brown is how people end up with a blotchy receiver they never equip.

Verdict: Buy for Control collectors and budget lore builds; pass if you only chase Covert dopplers. For this price tier, a clean low-wear copy is the sweet spot.