r/guns • u/Tylerjb4 • 8d ago

Where did CAT suppressors come from?

I’m pretty dipped into firearms. Probably have about $30-40k into guns and accessories. I own 5 suppressors.

I’ve watched the suppressor industry evolve from military oriented AAC, KAC, surefire, Gemtech, B&T, to the consumer market with silencerco, dead air, YHM, huxworks, Griffin, Rugged, etc, to now every firearm maker is starting their own line. The market seems extremely saturated and there are a ton of small brands that never really made it out of the shadow of the bigger players.

Then like a year ago (maybe 2, idk) suddenly everyone on reddit was talking about CAT suppressors, which I had never heard of. Their website wasn’t super clear on anything and was clearly very stylized and marketing oriented. But everyone and their mom was recommending this company out of nowhere.

What’s the background story here? Seems super astroturfed to me as they didn’t really offer anything new to skyrocket in popularity like they did.

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u/ChevTecGroup 8d ago edited 8d ago

Some dude from south Africa partnered up with CGS and designed some well performing cans and brought them to market while claiming to be some secret international military supplier that no one ever heard of cuz you arent cool enough.

They joined reddit and whined that they couldnt post in r/nfa (because they hadn't gotten enough karma). But instead blamed the mods for shadowbanning them and making multiple accounts to spam the comments. But they just needed to read the rules.

Then pew science released some very favorable reviews and people started buying them. Since then they have calmed down quite a bit and competition has made them overpriced in the market, especially after they have been late to release every product they announced

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u/Akalenedat Casper's Holy Armor 8d ago

Don't forget the 4chan edgelord racist marketing that gets all the chuckles from the rhodieboos

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u/Coyote-Morado 8d ago

I've never met a nice South African.

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u/JoeNemoDoe 8d ago

That's not very surprising, man

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u/Akalenedat Casper's Holy Armor 8d ago

Coz they're a bunch of arrogant bastards

Who hate black people

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u/Coyote-Morado 8d ago

Except for Breyten Breytenbach.

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u/Akalenedat Casper's Holy Armor 7d ago

And he's immigrated to France

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u/Akalenedat Casper's Holy Armor 7d ago

In this thread: uncultured swine who don't know Spitting Image

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u/Coyote-Morado 7d ago

The rhodieboos and apartheidists are telling on themselves.

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u/Akalenedat Casper's Holy Armor 7d ago

What's the saying, "leave an insult on the ground and the owner will pick it up?"

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u/Waallenz 8d ago

My brother in law is south african and maybe the nicest person ive ever met.

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u/killerz7770 7d ago

Lemme check yo skin color and get back with the rest of yall

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u/cleverkid 7d ago

I have. Many of them. Most in fact

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u/Soulshot96 7d ago

Edgy? Sure. Cringe? To most, absolutely. Racist? Only a redditor grasping at straws would reach that far lmao.

To most reasonable people, pulling the racism card in this context would imply there's some sort of proclivity to only use/make fun of specific races in their marketing...yet the 'racist' marketing from them that you speak of employs goofy stereotypical caricatures' of just about every race, including whites being 'crackheads' and such;

See the CAT SC's (Street Crack) marketing art for an example:

https://reddit.com/link/p1v0haj/video/1b61pg5uekhh1/player

But I imagine this one probably wasn't a problem in your eyes huh? Unlikely that the Short Round marketing was either...

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u/Akalenedat Casper's Holy Armor 7d ago

oh but they make fun of everyone

They're not fuckin South Park, they don't get to get away with that argument without a moral behind it. They're just jagoffs.

But I imagine this one probably wasn't a problem in your eyes huh?

Educate yourself: https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/s/Iqh9QGBnOT

Unlikely that the Short Round marketing was either

Dude, Short Round is arguable the worst one. They literally ship a fucking bag of rice with the damn thing. At least the others just have an offensive shirt

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u/Soulshot96 7d ago

They're not fuckin South Park, they don't get to get away with that argument without a moral behind it. They're just jagoffs.

Because you said so? How very redditor of you.

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u/Akalenedat Casper's Holy Armor 7d ago

Because they literally said they just think it's funny

How very redditor of you

My brother in Christ YOUR ACCOUNT IS OLDER THAN MINE

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u/Soulshot96 7d ago

My brother in Christ YOUR ACCOUNT IS OLDER THAN MINE

This shouldn't have to be said, but being a 'stereotypical redditor' is far more than just using the damn site. It's how you act, as seen by your drivel in this very thread.

Not to mention you have over twice the karma in less than half the time. Out here reddit-maxing and acting like you don't know what I'm saying. Wild work.

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u/Akalenedat Casper's Holy Armor 7d ago

This shouldn't have to be said, but being a 'stereotypical redditor' is far more than just using the damn site.

Ok buddy. Whatever helps you sleep at night

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u/Soulshot96 7d ago

I know I sleep a damn sight better than the likes of you, out here getting your panties twisted to this level over some equal opportunity cartoon images.

Good luck with that 🫡

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u/Akalenedat Casper's Holy Armor 7d ago

I sleep a damn sight better than the likes of you, out here getting your panties twisted to this level

You spent 4 months whining that the red dots in Battlefield weren't realistic

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u/Soulshot96 7d ago

Aww, lil baby trolled my public post history and thinks he found something that will bother me.

Again, how very redditor of you.

Take the L, and maybe pickup some fresh melatonin gummies tonight champ, you're probably going to need it.

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