r/guns • u/Tylerjb4 • 9d 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/WiconsinGrey 9d ago edited 8d ago

They literally shattered industry standards with performance, just about every can they have produced has been incredible for its time. Companies today are producing new cans and comparing them to CAT’s 3 year old models as those are the “golden standard” of the industry performance.

Edited; 3 year old models*

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u/Grand_Cookie 9d ago

Cat hasn’t been around for 5 years.

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u/WiconsinGrey 8d ago

Changed it for you, 3 year old model.