Red Hot (cu_mag7_redhot) is a weapon-class finish on the MAG-7, done in a custom hand-painted style and listed in the Chroma 2 Collection. It landed on 15 April 2015 with the Chroma / Chromatic Scale update alongside the Chroma 2 Case. Valve’s pitch is simple: the paint job is meant to read like the gun was just forged—and the line build something that’s yours nods at personalization rather than a loud esports flex.

Release & pedigree

• Date: 2015/4/15 — same day as Chroma 2 Case and Chroma 2 Collection.
• Designer: joop — Workshop entry MAG-7 REDHOT (v2) became this in-game skin.
• Source: Chroma 2 Case · Chroma 2 Collection.

What you’re actually buying

| Item | Detail |
|------|--------|
| In-game name | weapon \| Red Hot |
| Rarity | Mythical |
| Wear | 0.00 – 1.00 (full range) |

Because wear spans the entire scale, the same art direction ages instead of breaking: low floats keep that hot-metal, “out of the forge” pop; high floats go darker and wash out fine brush detail. That’s typical of older hand-painted weapon finishes—thumbnail listings lie. For MAG-7 specifically, you also care about first-person clutter around the sight picture in close fights.

Shop takeaways

Inspect first. Spin it in-game (first person + full inspect) and compare pattern placement and brightness at the float you’re targeting—not just the listing icon.

Float matters more than hype. There’s no covert drama here; value is mostly condition + Chroma 2 nostalgia. If you’re building a Chroma 2 set, Red Hot slots cleanly into the same case/collection thread as its siblings.

Where to hunt: filter by wear and price on C5GAME or the Steam Community Market, and use Chroma 2 as your search anchor so you don’t mix cases.

导购结论

Buy if you want a cheap-ish, readable hand-painted MAG-7 with a clear 2015 Workshop story and you’ve confirmed the float looks good in your own inspect.

Skip or swap if you need a minimalist sight picture or you’re paying a premium for Factory New without checking whether the forge highlights actually survive at that float.

专家碎碎念

joop’s REDHOT line is one of those early Workshop wins that still explains why Chroma-era skins feel handmade. Red Hot won’t carry a match, but as a collection brick and forge-themed shotgun skin, it’s honest—and on C5GAME or Steam, it’s usually the kind of pick where five minutes of inspect saves you from a float you’d regret in spawn.