Shooter's Sola Topi

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I'm great. You're dead. I think we're done here. Click to listen — The Sniper to his now-dead hunting companions

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The Shooter's Sola Topi is a headwear item for the Sniper and was chosen by Valve to be released with the first wave of community-contributed content due to its outstanding quality. It appears as a rounded pith helmet.

Painted variants

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Single colors
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge	Color No. 216-190-216	Peculiarly Drab Tincture	Aged Moustache Grey
A Distinctive Lack of Hue	After Eight	Radigan Conagher Brown	Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Muskelmannbraun	Mann Co. Orange	Australium Gold	The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Dark Salmon Injustice	Pink as Hell	A Deep Commitment to Purple	Noble Hatter's Violet
A Color Similar to Slate	Zepheniah's Greed	Drably Olive	Indubitably Green
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime	A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED)	Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU)	Balaclavas Are Forever (RED)	Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Team Spirit (RED)	Team Spirit (BLU)	Operator's Overalls (RED)	Operator's Overalls (BLU)
The Value of Teamwork (RED)	The Value of Teamwork (BLU)	An Air of Debonair (RED)	An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Cream Spirit (RED)	Cream Spirit (BLU)	Unpainted

Trivia

• Better known as the pith helmet, the sola topi was introduced by the British colonial military in the late 19th Century. Popular amongst Westerners in tropical climates for its light weight, relative hardiness and its ability to cast shade, the hat was traditionally made from "pith": a type of Indian swamp plant.
• This hat is a reference to the Sniper's former life as a hunter of dangerous game.
• This item is one of two contribute items made by Amuoro, the other being the Old Guadalajara.
• The hat description was written by G.I.R..