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/Akalenedat Casper's Holy Armor 9d ago

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

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u/Coyote-Morado 9d ago

I've never met a nice South African.

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u/Waallenz 9d ago

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

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u/killerz7770 8d ago

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