This has always been a difficult item to price because it almost always has parts attached, but to be honest, I’m quite surprised this dipped below a key. I could only find two trades in the first 5 pages of Outpost that were selling within the current range:

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/6702910 - Selling for 2.66 (no idea why it hasn’t sold, search me)

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/6641158 - Sold for 2.33

However, the amount of sniper rifles being sold for a key is overwhelming. Below is what I found on Outpost:

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/6613117 - Sold for 1 key

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/6385056 - Sold for 1 key

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/6668818 - Sold for 1 key

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/6417422 - Sold for 1 key

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/6624600 - Sold for 1 key

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/6504861 - Sold for 1 key

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/6710297 - Sold for 1 key

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/6735369 - Unsold for 1 key

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/6583688 - Unsold for 1 key

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/6687897 - Unsold for 1 key

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/6092735 - Unsold for 3 ref (1 key)

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/6604357 - Unsold for 1 key

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/6733311 - Unsold for 1 key

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/6270295 - Unsold for 1 key

This is easily the most common price, and people appear to be willing to pay it. Some are unsold, true, but that may be due to a lack of buyers in the short term rather than any over pricing on the sellers part.

This appears to be an obvious change. I was considering having a range with 2.66 at the bottom end, but if the choice is 2.66 or a key, every seller will sell for a key and the price will just translate upwards.

Let me know what you think.